catch/throw somebody off balance

surprise sb 令某人吃惊 to surprise someone and make them confused and no longer calm 使某人乱了方寸，使某人慌了手脚

The question caught him off balance.

这个问题使他不知所措。

Examples from the Corpus

catch/throw somebody off balance• She has a problem with some little gland or other, which can throw her right off balance.• But before Adamowski could get his campaign under way, Daley threw him off balance by going on the offensive.• A badly packed rucksack can easily throw you off balance.• It throws the viewer off balance but speaks to the part of each person that is capable, potent and dignified.• The movement threw him off balance.• And despite what he'd said, less a token of affection than a means of throwing her off balance.• He had an authority, an abrupt decisiveness, that caught me off balance.• Waking up to that penetrating ice-blue gaze was enough to throw anyone off balance for the rest of the day.

→ catch/throw somebody off balance at balance1(2)

单词	catch/throw somebody off balance
释义	catch/throw somebody off balance catch/throw somebody off balance surprise sb 令某人吃惊 to surprise someone and make them confused and no longer calm 使某人乱了方寸，使某人慌了手脚 The question caught him off balance. 这个问题使他不知所措。 Examples from the Corpus catch/throw somebody off balance• She has a problem with some little gland or other, which can throw her right off balance.• But before Adamowski could get his campaign under way, Daley threw him off balance by going on the offensive.• A badly packed rucksack can easily throw you off balance.• It throws the viewer off balance but speaks to the part of each person that is capable, potent and dignified.• The movement threw him off balance.• And despite what he'd said, less a token of affection than a means of throwing her off balance.• He had an authority, an abrupt decisiveness, that caught me off balance.• Waking up to that penetrating ice-blue gaze was enough to throw anyone off balance for the rest of the day. → catch/throw somebody off balance at balance1(2)
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