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"word": "with one's dick in one's hand"
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"Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
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"(idiomatic) Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "housut kintuissa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zastátʹ vrasplóx",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "заста́ть враспло́х"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "en paños menores"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "pillado con el culo al aire"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "tagen på sängen"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "med byxorna nere"
}
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"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "housut kintuissa"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zastátʹ vrasplóx",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "заста́ть враспло́х"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "en paños menores"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "pillado con el culo al aire"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "tagen på sängen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation",
"word": "med byxorna nere"
}
],
"word": "caught with one's pants down"
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