English term
He was caught cold
But he stole a watch and a wallet from an old ladies’ drawer
They found them in his coat and he was caught cold
He called his brothers before they took him away
He said time, time don’t mean anything
I’ll be out before you know it and then together we’ll leave
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Proposed translations
United States
lo pillaron de plano / lo pillaron de todas todas / lo pillaron irremisiblemente
de plano
1. loc. adv. Enteramente, clara y manifiestamente.
(No sería "in fraganti", en el momento de realizar el robo, pero de forma manifiesta...)
Para "cold", como adverbio, según Oxford:
ADVERB
1
to refuse sb cold — rechazar a algn de plano
he turned me down cold — me dijo que no de plano
to stop cold — pararse en seco
Lo pillaron de todas todas, o sea, "irremediablemente"...
DRAE:
de todas todas
1. loc. adv. Con seguridad, irremediablemente.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2017-10-02 03:45:12 GMT)
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Otra opción idiomática: "lo pillaron con el carrito de helado"... :-)
Spain
Psychologist & Emergency Physician
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish
lo pillaron / lo descubrieron
Encontraron los objetos robados en su chaqueta y así lo pillaron / lo descrubieron.
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Christian [email protected]
: con las manos en la masa
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Gracias Christian; con las manos en la masa es complemento perfecto aquí!
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JohnMcDove
: "Con las manos en la masa" no me lo parece... Según DRAE: En el momento de estar haciendo algo. Cogieron al ladrón con las manos en la masa. / No lo pillan "en el momento de robarlo", sino después. / "Sin defensa posible", me parece mejor... :-)
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Entiendo la reticencia, al utilizarase como infraganti. Pero la imagen de "con las manos llenas de harina" se ajusta como anillo al dedo aquí; lo pillaron con las manos...; con las joyas en el bolsillo; sin defensa posible.Tb "así lo pillaron", sin más.
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Mónica Algazi
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Netherlands
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, English to Spanish, French to Italian, and 3 more.
Coger desprevenido, pillar por sorpresa.
To surprise someone with something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is always used between "catch" and "cold." News that I'd gotten the promotion really caught me cold—I didn't think they were seriously considering me for it!
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Lo primero que se me había ocurrido:
Con las manos en la masa
Pero no es eso.
El hecho de que lo descubrieran lo cogió desprevenido.
El hecho de que fuera descubierto, lo pilló por sorpresa
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