“the wrong”

The following 12 entries include the term the wrong.

fall into the wrong hands

idiom

: to come to be held or possessed by the wrong person or group

get out of bed on the wrong side

idiom

: to be in a bad mood throughout the day

get/start off on the wrong foot

idiom

: to begin a relationship badly

get the wrong idea

idiom

: to misunderstand someone

get up on the wrong side of the bed

idiom

: to be in a bad mood throughout the day

in the wrong

idiom

: in the position or situation of being wrong

on the wrong side of (an age)

idiom

used with an age (such as 30, 40, 50, etc.) to say that someone is older than that age

on the wrong side of the law

idiom

used to say that someone is living the life of a criminal

rub (someone) up the wrong way

idiom

: to cause (someone) to be angry or annoyed : to irritate

take something the wrong way

idiom

: be offended by something used in a negative context to introduce a statement that could be offensive to say that one does not mean to offend

the wrong end of the stick

noun phrase

: an incorrect understanding of something

the wrong horse

noun

: someone or something that is not successful used with choose/pick/back (etc.)

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