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If someone is caught napping, something happens when the aren't prepared for it, although they should have been; to not be ready to deal with something at the time when it happens

 

Ex: Arsenal's defense was caught napping as Andrews chipped in a goal from the right.

The security services were clearly caught napping.

 

Catch someone napping

to come upon someone who is unprepared; to surprise someone

Ex: The enemy soldiers caught our army napping.

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Answer 1

سلام

(به صورت پاسخ می نویسم تا از بخش بی پاسخ ها خارج بشه)

Similar idioms from Longman:

 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard

also catch somebody napping/unawares, catch somebody on the hop British English to do something or to happen when someone is not expecting it or prepared for it:

Her question caught him off guard.

 

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 catch somebody with their pants/trousers down

to discover that someone is doing something that they should not be doing or has not done something that they should have done:

He's not the first politician to be caught with his pants down, and he won't be the last.

Answer 2

turn-up: when something happens in an unexpected way or in a way that was not planned

Well, that's a turn-up - I never thought he'd get the job.