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单词 in the wrong place at the wrong time
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in the wrong place at the wrong time

idiom
in asituationwhere somethingbadhappensto you because you areunlucky, not because you do anythingwrong:
在错误的时间出现在了错误的地点
It wasn't hisfault. He was just in thewrongplaceat thewrongtime.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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expressions used to describe situations
  • all things being equalidiom
  • around Robin Hood's barnidiom
  • asynchronous
  • be insomeone'sshoesidiom
  • be in the same boatidiom
  • dead
  • funny
  • have the wind atyourbackidiom
  • if it's not one thing, it's anotheridiom
  • it's a funny old worldidiom
  • it's a small worldidiom
  • it's just one of those thingsidiom
  • skin
  • thing
  • what's cooking?idiom
  • what's done is doneidiom
  • what's onidiom
  • win
  • witches' brew
  • you can't win 'em allidiom
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Good luck and bad luck
(Definition ofin the wrong place at the wrong timefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

in the wrong place at the wrong time| American Dictionary

in the wrong place at the wrong time

idiom
in asituationwhere somethingbadhappensto you because you areunlucky, not because you do anything wrong:
Astormcan come up, and if you are in the wrongplaceat the wrongtime, you could gethurt.
(Definition ofin the wrong place at the wrong timefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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in the wrong place at the wrong time
It is speedinthewrongplaceatthewrongtimeby the wrong people that is wrong.
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It was a decision to put an airportinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Either there is little public transport or it isinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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They are not cases of the wrong person beinginthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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The report on his death said that he wasinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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She wasinthewrongplaceatthewrongtimeand 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 beinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Indeed, they are sometimes extremely dangerousinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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It is a great pity that this legislation has been rushed and that it beganinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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They may beinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime, have the wrong skills or have the wrong gender or race.
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It is concentratedinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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I must tell him that if he was sailinginthewrongplaceatthewrongtimein 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 isinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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Roads are being built at the expense of people who happen to have the bad luck to beinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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All we are removing by this is the requirement that the wrong body should do the wrong reviewinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
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