Usage examples of "at the wrong time" in English with translation to French

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You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tu étais simplement au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment.
I got off at the wrong station. Je suis descendu du train à la mauvaise gare.
Sorry, but you're in the wrong here. Désolé, mais vous avez tort en la matière.
It's amazing that he won the championship at the age of nineteen. C'est incroyable qu'il a gagné le championnat à l'âge de 19 ans.
You're going the wrong way. Tu vas dans la mauvaise direction.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number. Oh, je suis désolé. J'imagine que j'ai fait un mauvais numéro.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week. Si mon avion ne s'écrase pas, si je ne me fais pas enlever par des voleurs d'organes, je vous passe un coup de fil en début de semaine.
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.
Get off at the next stop and take a bus headed to the airport. Descends au prochain arrêt et prends un bus à destination de l'aéroport.
He chose the wrong man to pick a fight with. Il a choisi le mauvais adversaire pour se bagarrer.
Look at the large building over there. Regardez le grand immeuble là-bas.
Listen, I think that you are barking up the wrong tree here. Écoute, je crois que là, tu fais fausse route.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of whom listens to them. Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
You seem to have the wrong number. Vous avez dû vous tromper de numéro.
Look at the boy beside the car. Regarde le garçon derrière la voiture.
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.
Was that you at the door? Était-ce toi à la porte ?
I must have the wrong number. Je dois avoir le mauvais numéro.
The remark you made at the party about Lisa's weight was totally uncalled for. La remarque que tu as faite à la fête à propos du poids de Lisa était totalement déplacée.
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