In-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time Definition

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(literally) Describing actions or activities that the speaker considers inappropriate, misdirected, or unlikely to yield good results.

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(idiomatic) At a location where something bad is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence.
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In-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time Sentence Examples

  • For Nora, death was simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  • Much like Tequila, parolee Joe was caught in the line of the law thanks to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  • All around the castle people are being petrified, literally turned into stone-like monuments by an unseen force and poor Harry has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time on more than one occasion.

  • Of course, not all stings can be prevented - sometimes just being in the wrong place at the wrong time is all it takes.

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