10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF ONE'S GUARD»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
316 off guard Also, off one's guard. Not watchful, easily surprised. It is often put as
catch (or be caught) off guard, meaning “take (or be taken) by surprise.” For
example, The securities analyst was caught offguard by that financial report, or
With ...
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Dictionary of the English and German Languages for Home and ...
1. heed, guard; auf ber », fein, to be npon one's guard, to be on the look-out, to
beware; hum. to mind one's P's and Q's; nicht auf ber ». fein, to be off one's guard;
2. (SBeibe) pasture, pasturage. ÍMit' abnehmen, n. taking off one's hat; iron, ...
Felix Flügel, Immanuel Schmidt, Gustav Tanger, 1901
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Flügel-Schmidt-Tanger, Wörterbuch der englischen und ...
B. $ut, S. I. heed, guard; cmf ber ,. feiit, to be upon one's guard, to be on the look-
out, to beware; hum. to mind one's P's and Q's; nidjt auf ber _ fein, to be off one's
guard ; 2. (SBeibe) pasture, pasturage. £iht' iibiidiiiiiMi, n. taking off one's hat; ...
Immanuel Schmidt, Gustav Tanger, Felix Flügel, 1896
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A dictionary of the English and German languages for home ...
1. heed, guard; auf ber „ [ein, to be upon one's guard, to be on the look-out, to
beware; hum. to mind one's P's and Q's; nidjt auf ber „ (ein, to be off one's guard;
2. (SBeibe) pasture, pasturage. фцТ |[afincjjmcnr n. taking off one's hat; iron, ...
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The International English and French Dictionary: French-English
... to te off one's guard. V (d'âne épee, etc., uf a sword, etc.) hill. — a coquille,
basket-hill. Enfoncer l'épée jusqu'à la —, to plunge the sword up lo Ike kill. ùf.
Mouler une — a quelqu'un, to rate a person soundly, prov. S'en .ni,:, jusqu'aux —
s, ...
Leon Smith, Henry Hamilton, E.. Legros, 1901
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
phrases off (one's) guard the explosion from the furnace room caught everyone
off guard: unprepared, unready, inattentive, unwary, with one's defenses down,
cold, unsuspecting; informal napping, asleep at the wheel. on one's guard ...
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The World's Cyclopedia of Expression: Words Classified ...
(not expect) БОЯ ; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.
render -neglectful &c. adj. ; put -, throw- off one's guard. Adj. neglecting &c. v. ;
unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory,
remiss.
Peter Mark Roget, John Lewis Roget, 1882
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Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases: classified ...
Adj. neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless,
thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss. inconsiderate; un-, in-circumspect; off one's
guard; un-wary, -watchful, -guarded; offhand. supine &c. (inactive) 683;
inattentive &c. 458 ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, Peter Mark Roget, 1911
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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and ...
AO), neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful ; heedless, careless,
thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss. inconsiderate ; un-, in-circumspect ; off one's
guard ; un-wory, -watchful, -guarded; offhand. supine &c. (inactive) 683;
inattentive &c.
Peter Mark Roget, John Lewis Roget, 1883
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
'Adj. neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglcetful; hecdless, careless,
thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss. inconsiderate; un-, iii-circumspect; off one's
guard; un-wary, -watchful, -guarded; offhand. supine &c. (inactive) 683;
inattentive tire. 458 ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson
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