措手不及
cou3 sau2 bat1 kap6cuò shǒu bù jí
English
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- not fast enough to respond to or deal with something
粵語 — Cantonese
- 嚟唔切反應去應對
Examples
呢鋪真係畀佢殺個措手不及啦!
I am not fast enough to respond to him this time!
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk