![]() ![]() There was a window of a couple of hours in which they could have ordered everyone to leave. That’s how it was in Greece, where the local government didn’t issue an evacuation order. So in English, when you say someone is caught flat-footed, you mean that person was unable to react quickly. If, however, we were standing flat-footed, straight up, knees straight, and our weight flat on our feet, we would be slower to react. ![]() That way, if the ball is hit or thrown to you, you are ready to jump, move front to back, left to right: you’re ready to move your body to react because your body is ready to move. That means, you bend your knees a little, you put your weight on the front part of your foot, with your heels up a little in the back. When I was learning to play baseball as a kid, our coaches taught us to be ready by balancing our weight on the balls of our feet. Let me illustrate this for you with an example from sports. What does it mean to be caught flat-footed? It means you have not reacted quickly. The expression I’d like to share with you today is flat-footed.
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