I knew I was overtired but I felt wrong-footed all the same.
我知道我太累了,但我还是觉得脚不对劲。
经济学人 Finance and economics
The hope now is that the plunge in energy prices can continue, and that the pass-through into weaker core inflation will again wrong-foot many economists.
现在的希望是,能源价格的暴跌能够继续下去,转嫁到更弱的核心通胀将再次让许多经济学家措手不及。
《卫报》(文章版)
It's the thing we were worried about when coronavirus came along, and perhaps the fact that Covid-19 was caused by a coronavirus and not an influenza virus is what wrongfooted the response of some governments.