in the wrong place at the wrong time

Meaning: (literally)Describing actions or activities that the speaker considersinappropriate, misdirected, or unlikely to yield good results.1844July, “Come-outerism”, in Orestes Augustus Brownson, editor,Brownson's quarterly review‎[1], volume 1, number 3, page375:[The devil] must then chime in with our sentiments, our instincts, even stimulate our devotion to liberty, and defeat liberty by compelling us to seek itin the wrong place, at the wrong time, or by improper means.; (idiomatic)At a location or in a situation by where something bad is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence by bad luck.1951,Motor‎[2], volume98, page350:... W.H. Waring (Dellow) nearly cut short the life of a native of those parts who wasin the wrong place at the wrong time, and J.W. Cox got his Dellow up at incredible speed, with the front wheels leaping in the air most of the way.2009, John A. Rich,Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men‎[3],→ISBN, page xvi:It is a perplexing expression, since many of these young people were not in the "wrong place." ... I believe that when they say "I guess I wasin the wrong place at the wrong time," they are reflecting on the randomness of violence.

Examples:

EN: You have a genius for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Eres todo un genio. Por estar siempre en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado.
EN: He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Estaba en el sitio equivocado a la hora equivocada.
EN: I have this talent for falling in love with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Tengo un don especial para enamorarme del tipo equivocado, en el lugar y el momento equivocados.
EN: Always in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Siempre en el lugar equivocado a la hora equivocada.
EN: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Cuestión de mala suerte.
EN: She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Estaba en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado.
EN: I mean, she was just an innocent bystander... in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Digo, ella era tan solo una inocente transeunte... en el sitio y lugar equivocados.
EN: Well, how's that for being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
ES: Bueno, ¿cómo es eso de estar en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado?
EN: What did you mean when you said that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time? Oh, uh...
ES: ¿Qué quisiste decir cuando dijiste que eras en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado?
EN: The attack on us appeared to be nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: El ataque a nosotros no fue más que... estar en el sitio y momento equivocado.
EN: She just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, right?
ES: Ella acaba de pasar a estar en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado, ¿verdad?
EN: You were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Estabas en mal momento y en mal lugar.
EN: You're in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: - Amigo estás en el lugar equivocado a la hora equivocada.
EN: And not dying in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Y en no morirse en el momento y lugar equivocado.
EN: Sylvia just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
ES: Sylvia justo estuvo en el lugar equivocado a la hora equivocada.

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