124 rights_英语论文

bang to rights¹    

dead to rights

If you have got someone bang to rights, you have got enough evidence against them to accuse them of a crime and to prove that they are guilty. You can also have someone dead to rights. These expressions are used mainly in novels.

You've got your man -- got him bang to rights -- evidence, witnesses, the lot.

Now, Captain Millard, how do you intend to proceed in the Rafaelli case? I mean, you have him pretty well dead to rights.

bang to rights²    

dead to rights

If someone gets you bang to rights, they show a good understanding of you and describe you accurately. You can also have someone dead to rights.

I read Matthew Sura's piece last month and I thought he got you bang to rights.

He is described as a debater, who made opponents feel personally responsible for the heat-death of the `My wife thinks that gets me bang to rights.'