in the wrong place (at the wrong time)

unlucky to be somewhere.

Cops say the kid who got shot was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He was, simply, the wrong man in the wrong place and was very unhappy.

Opposite of: in the right place at the right time

• have your beady eye on something
• have your cake and eat it
• have your cake and eat it too
• have your day in court
• have your ducks in a row
• have your ear to the ground
• have your end away
• have your eye on
• have your eye on someone
• have your eye on something
• have your feet on the ground
• have your finger on the button
• have your finger on the pulse
• have your fingers in the till
• have your guts for garters
• have your hand in the till
• have your hands full
• have your head in the clouds
• have your head screwed on
• have your head screwed on right
• have your head screwed on the right way
• have your head stuck up arse
• have your head stuck up your arse
• have your head up arse
• have your head up your arse