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Expressions with the word Wrong - English lesson

Who is right? Who is wrong?

Don't get me wrong = used when you want to be sure that someone understands your comments correctly, especially if you are criticizing something

Get on the wrong side of someone = to make someone feels anger towards you

In the wrong place at the wrong time = used for saying that the reason something bad happened is because the person was unlucky not because of a mistake

Correct me if I'm wrong = used as a polite way of saying that you think what you are going to say is correct

Get off on the wrong foot = when something like a relationship, job, etc starts badly

Take something the wrong way = to be offended by a remark because you have understood it wrongly

Get out of bed on the wrong side = to feel angry or annoyed for no particular reason

You can't go wrong = used for saying that something will always be a good choice

Do someone wrong = to treat someone in an unfair or cruel way

In the wrong = used when someone has done something bad or made a mistake

On the wrong side of the law = in trouble with the law/police

On/From the wrong side of the tracks = from or living in a poor area or part of town

Exercise: complete the sentences with the right expression.

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1. Oh dear, what a terrible accident! He must have been in the wrong place at the wrong timecorrecting me if I'm wronggetting me wrongI don't know !

2. She always thinks she knows the truth but this time she is on the wrong side of the lawin the wrongdon't get me wrongI don't know.

3. He murdered his wife and now he is in jail! I am not surprised because he was always on the wrong side of the lawdon't get me wrongon the wrong side of the tracksI don't know.

4. You can't go wrongDo something wrongDon't get me wrongI don't know, like you I believe he is a good person, but he just makes poor choices.

5. I don't think she'll ever forgive him for getting out of bed on the wrong sidegetting off on the wrong footdoing her wrongI don't know.

6. Darling, you took what I said the wrong waycan't go wronggot off on the wrong foot.I don't know. What I was trying to say is that I love you.

7. My husband is so grumpy this morning. I think he got off on the wrong toeis from the wrong side of the tracksgot out of bed on the wrong sideI don't know.

8. She can't marry that man! He is off on the wrong footin the wrongfrom the wrong side of the tracksI don't know.

9. You can't go wrongDon't get me wrongCorrect me if I'm wrongI don't know but didn't they already fix that problem once before?

10. -Excuse me. How can I get to the Eiffel Tower, please? -Go straight ahead, turn right and then go approximately 10 kilometres and you are in the wrongcan't go wrongtake something wrongI don't know.