Dead To Rights

Posted by Prof d'anglais on January 18, 2005

In Reply to: Dead To Rights posted by TheFallen on January 16, 2005

A follow-up to the UK version "I was caught bang to rights guv", used within the criminal fraternity in a situation where the speaker was apprehended in flagrante delicto or red-handed (www.phrases.org.uk bulletin_board 10 messages 551.html), in the very act of committing the crime.