Many times I hear people say "right place, wrong time,"
OR
"wrong place, right time,"
OR
"wrong place, wrong time"
and they get it all wrong, and it irks me.
As today I heard someone say that folks were in the "wrong place at the wrong time," but the folks were in the right place at the right time, it's just someone else was in the wrong.
If you're doing the right thing at the appropriate time, and someone wrongs you...you are not in the "wrong place at the wrong time." The other person is just simply wrong, not you.
Correct?
2007-04-17 15:24:40 · 9 answers · asked by doublewidemama 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Example of wrong place, wrong time:
Walking in the middle of the road when a car is obviously coming.
Being a victim of a crime, when as the victim you were doing the right thing, is not being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The perpetrator of a crime is doing the wrong thing, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
2007-04-17 15:44:34 · update #1
I completely agree.
The students at VT were in the right place at the right time. They were exactly where they were supposed to be, when they were supposed to be there.
The gunman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I think Bush would have been better off saying something that referred to the students as "...having the normal course of their everyday lives shattered by the gunman..." and none of this "wrong place, time" business.
And Kudos to Lollipop for her clever answer. Pops' avatar kinda reminds me of my dad. Only my dad's fatter, and had a funkier 'stache.
2007-04-18 04:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being made in God's image has no longer something to do with the way we glance. God isn't a guy subsequently God won't be able to look like a guy. God is a spirit. Spirits do no longer choose air to stay alive. God is a male yet no longer a guy because of the fact he's not someone (no guy has ever seen God at every time). A male lion can't be spoke of as a guy because of the fact he's not someone. To be made in God's image ability people have been created with means to worship on the same time as animals weren't.
2016-11-25 02:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way. You go to your home and a robbery is taking place and YOU are robbed also. In that case you are in the "right" place but arrived at the "wrong" time.
On the other hand, IF you decided to cut through a store, to get out of the rain and a robbery was taking place, then you would be in the "wrong" place at the "wrong" time.
If you walked into a store and was the celebrated one million customer and won a thousand dollars.....You were in the "Right" place at the "Right" time.
If you were in a crowd and was shoved along with them into a store and won the thousand dollars, you would have been in the "wrong" place at the "right" time.
Got it. Pops
2007-04-17 15:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by Pops 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not correct. This statement has nothing to do with your personal actions, but of the person who is affecting your wellbeing or state. For example, the student at Tech who got shot and died was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Though the student did nothing to deserve such a gruesome death, he was shot nonetheless. Hope this helps clear things up.
2007-04-17 15:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by KiWi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now I'm afraid to answer. It may be the wrong answer at the right time ... or the right answer at the wrong time ... or the ...
2007-04-17 15:29:43 · answer #5 · answered by lollipop 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just a way to explain something without actually having to explain anything.
2007-04-17 15:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hell yeah!!!!
I feel greatly irritated when people misuse phrases.
2007-04-17 15:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by sexy_legs 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This isn't Burger King, you can't have it your way.
2007-04-17 15:28:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
huh?
2007-04-17 15:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋