Brewer's: Caught Napping

(To be). To suffer some disadvantage while off one's guard. Pheasants, hares, and other animals are sometimes surprised “napping.” I have myself caught a cock-pheasant napping.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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