off guard

See also: off-guard

English

Alternative forms

• off-guard

Prepositional phrase

off guard

1. Not vigilant; unprepared; inattentive.

   Antonym: on guard

   His sudden appearance at the office caught her completely off guard.

2. Unexpectedly or by surprise. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

unprepared

German: unvorbereitet (de) Italian: alla sprovvista Spanish: con la guardia abajo, desprevenido, por sorpresa Turkish: hazırlıksız (tr)

unexpectedly or by surprise

Finnish: yllättävästi (fi), yllättäen (fi) German: unerwartet (de), überraschend (de) Russian: враспло́х (ru) (vrasplóx), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno) Spanish: con la guardia abajo, desprevenido, por sorpresa Turkish: hazırlıksız (tr)