in the wrong place at the wrong time

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in the location where something bad is to happen exactly when it happens. I always get into trouble. I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It isn't my fault. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

See also: place, time, wrong

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Byline: By MICHAEL NOONAN IT'S been said that Shane Geoghegan was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fianna Fail must treat gangsters the same way we dealt with the IRA ... by The Mirror (London, England) Bush's current foreign policy or what has happened in the years since that fateful day, but the people who lost their lives seven years ago were innocent victims, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Letter: Your view - We will never forget by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hanged tourist in Wrong place' by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble in truth in tune in tune with in tune with the times in turn in two shakes in two shakes of a lamb's tail			in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace in the year of grace In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord In the year of our Lord 1 In the year of our Lord 1 In the Year of the Jubilee in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the year Our Lord in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone in the zone In Theatre in their entirety in their midst in their midst In Their Own Words in their right minds in their wisdom in theory in theory In Theory (TNG episode)

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