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Wrong direction — is a logical fallacy of causation where cause and effect are reversed. The cause is said to be the effect and vice versa.For instance, a tobacco company executive once suggested that cancer caused smoking as a matter of pain relief, to explain… … Wikipedia
wrong — 1 adjective 1 NOT CORRECT saying, believing, or depending on something that is not correct: Your calculations must be wrong. | be wrong to think/say: I m sorry; I was wrong to assume that you wanted to go. | prove sb wrong: I wish you d stop… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wrong — The infringement of a legal right belonging to a definite specific person. Kamm v Flink, 113 NJL 582, 175 A 62, 99 ALR 1. In common usage, an act in violation of a moral principle. The word, as the word injury, in law imports the invasion of a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
usage — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, acceptation, acception, active use, adjectival phrase, antonym, appliance, application, articulation, automatism, bad habit, bon ton, care, ceremony, characteristic, choice, choice of words, clause,… … Moby Thesaurus
wrong time of the month — the period of menstruation Female usage: It s always the wrong time of the month. (Weissman, quoted in Dickson, 1978) See also time of the month … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Common English usage misconceptions — Text from Robert Louis Stevenson s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as it would appear in a professionally published edition in the United States today, featuring one sentence paragraphs, sentences beginning with the conjunctions but and and … Wikipedia
The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy — is General Omar Bradley s famous rebuke in May 15, 1951 Congressional testimony as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the idea of extending the Korean War into China, as proposed by General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the U.N.… … Wikipedia
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage — Fowler s redirects here. For Fowler s Toad, see Bufo fowleri. A Dictionary of Modern English Usage … Wikipedia
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong — Infobox Song Name = 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong Caption = Type = Artist = Mogwai alt Artist = Album = Rock Action Published = Released = 30 April 2001 track no = 7 Recorded = Tarbox Road Studios Cassadaga, New York, USA Sorcerer Sound Studios New York … Wikipedia
(the) wrong side of the tracks — the poor area of a city or town. She was brought up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small southern town. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms the wrong side of town or the wrong side of the street: Her family was clearly from the wrong… … New idioms dictionary
