off guard

See also: off-guard

English

Alternative forms

• off-guard

Prepositional phrase

off guard

1. Not vigilant; unprepared; inattentive.

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

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

Antonyms

• on guard

Translations

unprepared

• German: unvorbereitet (de)
• Italian: alla sprovvista

unexpectedly or by surprise

• Finnish: yllättävästi (fi), yllättäen (fi)
• German: unerwartet (de), überraschend (de)
• Russian: враспло́х (ru) (vrasplóx), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno)