Hello and it's me Rob.

Rob are those crumbs around your mouth?

Uh, no I don't think so.

Why do you ask?

Well, I've filled the office biscuit jar with

biscuits yesterday and today it's empty. Oh I see, you think I ate all the biscuits. You do like biscuits.

Hold on, what's that in your pocket?

Uh, well, they're biscuits.

Court red-handed, Rob. You are the biscuit thief.

My hands aren't red.

I'm not worried about the colour of your hands. It's what you were doing with them. So when someone is caught red-handed, they are

discovered doing something wrong and there is no doubt. So Rob you've been found out.

Yeah well I can explain, but let's have some examples first.

Jorge was caught red-handed, having a sneak peek of his presents before his birthday.

We caught Svetlana red-handed eating chocolate as she said she was giving it up.

The bank worker was sacked after being caught red-handed putting money into his bag. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English.

Rob has been caught red-handed stealing all the biscuits from our biscuit jar,

which means he's been caught doing something wrong.

Let's face it, Rob, you are guilty.

Okay, okay, I did steal all the biscuits, but it's because I didn't have time for lunch.

A likely story.

So shall I put them back in the jar then?

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