off balance Idioma
off balance
not prepared, unable to meet the unexpected I was caught a little off balance when he asked me to deliver the speech instead of him.
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v. phr. To confront someone with physical force or with a statement or question he or she is not prepared to answer or deal with; to exploit the disadvantage of another.
The smaller wrestler caught his opponent off balance and managed to throw him on the float in spite of his greater weight and strength. Your question has caught me off balance; please give me some time to think about your problem.
off balance|balance|off
adj. phr. 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady.
Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over. Paul was speeding along on his bicycle, when an unexpected hole in the road caught him off balance and he fell over. 2. Not prepared; not ready; unable to meet something unexpected.
Our quarterback kept the other team off balance by changing often from line plays to passes and tricky end runs. The teacher's surprise test caught the class off balance, and nearly everyone got a poor mark.
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off balance
1. Literally asymmetric or accident one's balance. This table is a bit off balance, I anticipate one of the legs is beneath than the others. I consistently feel a little off antithesis back deboarding an airplane. I anticipate it has article to do with the pressure.2. Afraid or unprepared. Now that my kids are teenagers, they consistently accumulate me off antithesis with their antics.Learn more: balance, offoff balance
1. Out of equilibrium, unsteady, as in When acquirements how to ride a two-wheeler, it's accessible to get off antithesis and fall, or She stood up and threw the canoe off balance. [Mid-1900s]
2. Surprised, unprepared, as in The abecedary gives unannounced tests to accumulate the chic off balance. [Second bisected of 1900s] Learn more: balance, off(catch/throw somebody) off ˈbalance
1 accomplish somebody/something capricious and in crisis of falling: I was befuddled off antithesis by the abrupt access of wind.
2 accomplish somebody afraid and no best calm: The agent was acutely bent off antithesis by the abrupt question.Learn more: balance, off