Spanish: Agarrar En Curva

Type: Slang

Literal Meaning: to catch on a curve

Meaning: to catch off guard, to take by surprise

Juanito: ¿Por qué le dijiste a tu mujer que vamos al Club Kitty Kitty? Ahora se lo va a decir a Miriam. (Why did you tell your wife that we’re going to the Kitty Kitty Club? Now she’s going to tell Miriam.) Memo: No sé, guey! Ella me agarró en curva y no tuve chance de pensarlo bien! (I don’t know, dude! She caught me off guard and I didn’t have a chance to think it through.)