Louis's decision caught Henry on the hop. He rode through the night in order to be able to greet Louis on Dover beach.

路易国王的决定令亨利二世措手不及，为了赶得及在多佛海滩迎接路易国王，他星夜骑马赶路。

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I went in without knocking and there was his secretary sitting on his knee; I'd caught him on the hop.

我进去时没敲门，他的秘书正坐在他膝盖上，我搞得他措手不及。

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His plans almost caught security chiefs and hotel staff on the hop.

他的计划几乎让安全主管和饭店工作人员都措手不及。

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But there is an outside chance that it might, especially since markets were caught on the hop.

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And when some of its chief assumptions proved less than robust, it was caught on the hop.

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The danger of being caught on the hop by extreme moves in financial markets seems, if anything, to have risen.

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