Sentences with phrase «off in the wrong direction»

Not everything is a fire drill or a complete crisis and going off half - cocked is the worst thing you can do in sensitive situations — especially when it later becomes clear that you charged off in the wrong direction.

And here's a flash: you as the boss need to worry about this because your IT guys are all about the latest and greatest and fastest and they will quickly lead you off in the wrong direction if you don't aggressively rein them in.

This most important meeting of the day was headed off in the wrong direction, but he didn't know how to bring it back.

I started swimming as soon as I regained some of my personal space, remembering to breathe and sight often, making sure I wasn't heading off in the wrong direction.

Schools of education are driving off in the wrong direction, she tells us, and no one can quite figure out in advance how to give future teachers the tools to perform well at their trade.

But at the same time, the research does help us to predict that certain strategies will or will not work, and it's important to let people know that before they go off in the wrong direction.

Even the slightest bump will send the cursor shooting off in the wrong direction and it simply does not feel right, like it's out of sync.

On larger bodies of water, another concern is a confused dog taking off in the wrong direction, away from the shore.

Even without the technical issues there's plenty of questionable mechanics, like how the parkour system still has a nasty habit of sending you completely off in the wrong direction or acting in ways you did not anticipate.

I was particularly frustrated by my inability to disable click to move, resulting in my constantly sending my character careening off in the wrong direction as I tried to pan the camera.

They may even head off in the wrong direction.

- Steer clear of others — fireworks have been known to backfire or shoot off in the wrong direction.

You know that you're off in the wrong direction if you have to change the preferences setting in your word processor or otherwise go to a lot of trouble to get a certain character to print.

Misguided emphasis on childhood wounds does more than send couples off in the wrong direction.

Energy and youthful passion are wonderful but without the tempering calming advice of experience, youth could go flying off in the wrong direction.

Not exact matches

Someone is about to palm off their ideas about what that ministry is missing or headed in the wrong direction.

I've found that every oven I've tested is off by several degrees in one direction or the other, and the amount by which they're wrong will vary depending on the temperature I'm aiming for.

But toss in a new mother with hormones bouncing in every direction topped off with a new little being to care for, and a zillion people babbling advice at her all at once, it's enough to tip the scales in the wrong direction.

1 * Generally speaking, would you say that things in New York City are heading in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

A study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment notes that reflected light — off of buildings or roadways — can be as disruptive to animal behavior as the direct light that attracts sea turtle hatchlings to begin life in the wrong direction.

I'm an expert at reading the Tube Map, but an utter embarrassment at reading any other type of map, so off I ambled in entirely the wrong direction, and had to consult roadside and Google maps multiple times before arriving at my destination with a lot less time to spare than I'd initially envisaged having.

It still could've tanked in the wrong hands, but John McTiernan always had a flair for unpretentious action flicks, and his slick, energetic direction sets the mayhem off perfectly.

I called the resource Pupil Stars because as a Physicist I thought Slide 1 looked like a star chart and that got my students off in completely the wrong direction!

My hair was constantly going off in eleven wrong directions, and T. Ray, naturally, refused to buy me bristle rollers, so all year I'd have to roll it on Welch's grape juice cans, which had nearly turned me into an insomniac.

I was a little freaked out because there was no real infrastructure around where the boat let off and I was unsure if I had done something wrong — but in Karen I trust, so I feigned direction, and followed the crowd until I saw a huge multicolored portrait of Anne Frank, and I knew I was in the right place.

So, when a developer or publisher does something that rubs me in every conceivable wrong direction, I force myself to take a moment, step back, wait for the initial shock to wear off, and then see what I think.

Call of Duty has painted itself into a corner, and whilst Infinite Warfare is by no means a bad game, it may potentially be a small step in the wrong direction — that being said, I found very little to complain about in the days that I spent playing the beta, and so I'm hopeful that Infinite Warfare will shake off the shadow looming over it and deliver the Call of Duty game that we as fans are looking for.

Todays comparison to observed is off the mark and heading in the wrong direction, which is where many will likely take the conversation.

This could be an effective alternative to selling off Hydro One, which will only make it harder for Ontario to meet its climate targets and therefore takes the province in the wrong direction.

That is, every incorrect initial condition or input or internal interaction sends the output off in an unexpedtedly wrong direction.

The gates are opened and the favorite dog (whom you have betted on) starts off by running in the wrong direction.

The first is the accepted need to pay off accumulated budget deficits, and investing in subsidised and unreliable green technologies is a step in the wrong direction.

When Julia White (General Manager of the Microsoft Office group) started off her demo by opening up a Word document on her iPad, pretty much everyone who has ever opened a Word document on the iPad nodded at what appeared on the screen: a mangled document with the text flowing in the wrong direction and the graphic above the text.

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Wouldn't you rather take the time and do it well in the off chance that it will matter and / or be taken to heart versus hastily writing in a way that may fall flat, or worse, offend the reader and spur their response in the wrong direction?