flat-footed

Democrats have said they were caught flat-footed by voters' perceptions of crime in the state.

They seem to have been caught completely flat-footed.

In “Amerika,” he appears as both Chaplin’s Tramp — he mastered the flat-footed walk by practicing in his room at night — and also as the comedian’s Hitler avatar.

It's been nearly four years since the former president participated in a debate, so he may face the same risk of being caught flat-footed and rusty that Mr Biden faces.

Foreign automakers selling in China have been caught flat-footed by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market, the world’s largest, over the last three years.