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Tip: Gender of German nouns:
{m} = der, {f} = die, {n} = das, {pl} = die

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to wrong-foot sb.; to catch sb. on the hop [Br.]; to catch sb. with their trousers down [Br.]; to catch sb. with their pants down [Am.] [fig.] jdn. auf dem falschen Fuß erwischen; jdn. kalt erwischen {vt} [übtr.] (unvorbereitet treffen)

The company was wrong-footed by the oil price slump. Der Absturz des Ölpreises hat die Firma auf dem falschen Fuß erwischt.
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