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词汇 in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time
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in the wrong place at the wrong time


idiom
in a situation where something bad happens to you because you are unlucky, not because you do anything wrong: 在错误的时间出现在了错误的地点
It wasn't his fault. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.这不是他的错。他不过是在错误的时间出现在了错误的地点。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having bad things happen by chance
unluckyShe is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met.
unfortunateThe unfortunate souls who were lost during the voyage were commemorated once the ship reached port.
haplessHe's always been a hapless, helpless bumbler.
star-crossedBehold the tale of two star-crossed lovers, doomed to spend their lives apart.
lucklessThe luckless council member was caught in the middle of three major ethics investigations of her colleagues.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressions used to describe situations
all things being equalidiom
all's well that ends wellidiom
around Robin Hood's barnidiom
asynchronous
be in someone's shoesidiom
dead
foot
funny
half a loaf is better than noneidiom
have the wind at your backidiom
if it's not one thing, it's anotheridiom
it's a funny old worldidiom
skin
the grass is (always) greener (on the other side) idiom
wake up and smell the coffeeidiom
way/direction the wind blowsidiom
what's cooking?idiom
what's done is doneidiom
what's onidiom
wind

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in the wrong place at the wrong time | American Dictionary


in the wrong place at the wrong time


idiom
in a situation where something bad happens to you because you are unlucky, not because you do anything wrong:
A storm can come up, and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, you could get hurt.

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in the wrong place at the wrong time
It is speed inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime by the wrong people that is wrong.
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It was a decision to put an airport inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Either there is little public transport or it is inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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They are not cases of the wrong person being inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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The report on his death said that he was inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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She was inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime and suffered a fairly brutal attack.
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They may be the people who go out and collect those trolleys that always seem to be inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Indeed, they are sometimes extremely dangerous inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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It is a great pity that this legislation has been rushed and that it began inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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They may be inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime, have the wrong skills or have the wrong gender or race.
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It is concentrated inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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I must tell him that if he was sailing inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime in a sensitive area, the birdwatcher was right to shout at him.
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As he knows, one of the biggest problems in the health care system is that, all too often, the wrong patient is inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Roads are being built at the expense of people who happen to have the bad luck to be inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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All we are removing by this is the requirement that the wrong body should do the wrong review inthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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