take a wrong turn at Albuquerque

Definitions

To take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.

idiomatic

Examples

“Against the glacial backdrop he looked like⟳ a lost minstrel who'd taken a wrong turn⟳ at Albuquerque.”

“Anyways, he must have⟳ taken a wrong turn⟳ at Albuquerque because I walked in on him using our restroom facilities and appearing to be very confused.”

“Since cardiac embryology can be summed up as 9 months of looping and unlooping, you can think⟳ of the congenitally malformed heart as having taken the wrong turn⟳ at Albuquerque, and not just one time.”

“But somewhere on the road to creating a useful tool for psychiatry, in my opinion the wheels fell off the bus, or, more accurately, the carpool's navigators took a wrong turn⟳ at Albuquerque.”

“It takes 25 minutes for Bugs Bunny to tunnel his way into that sequel, becoming the first Looney Tune⟳ to appear⟳ in this supposed Looney Tunes movie. Maybe the rabbit and his studio both took a wrong turn⟳ at Albuquerque.”

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