Sentence examples of "the wrong way" in English
Be careful not to drive the wrong way on a one-way street.
Faites attention à ne pas conduire en contre sens dans une rue à sens unique.
Admitting what you say, I still think you are in the wrong.
Même en admettant ce que vous dites, je pense toujours que vous avez tort.
If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.
Si nous laissions nos émotions éclipser notre capacité à raisonner, nous nous retrouverions sans cesse à chercher des solutions aux mauvais problèmes.
We eat too much of the wrong food and not enough of the right food.
Nous mangeons trop de mauvaise et pas assez de bonne nourriture.
Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux difficultés mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées.
Admitting what he says, I still think that he is in the wrong.
Même en admettant ce qu'il dit, je continue de penser qu'il a tort.
You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Tu étais simplement au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment.
His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree; she was a mother of two tots.
Ses vains efforts pour la séduire montrèrent qu'il sonnait à la mauvaise adresse ; elle était la mère de deux bambins.
Nothing can take a US American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In the United States, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux difficultés mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées.
Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number.
Oh, je suis désolé. J'imagine que j'ai fait un mauvais numéro.
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