be in the wrong box
1The Wrong Box (novel) — Infobox Book| name = The Wrong Box image caption = author = Robert Louis Stevenson Lloyd Osbourne illustrator = country = Scotland language = English genre = Black comedy publisher = Longmans,Green Co. release date = 1889 media type = Print… …
2The Wrong Box — Infobox Film name = The Wrong Box caption = Film poster director = Bryan Forbes producer = Bryan Forbes Jack Rix Larry Gelbart Burt Shevelove writer = Larry Gelbart Burt Shevelove starring = John Mills Ralph Richardson Michael Caine Nanette… …
3In the wrong box — Box Box, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[ u]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material… …
4in the wrong box — In a false position, in a scrape • • • Main Entry: ↑box …
5be in the wrong box — Mistake, err, make a mistake. See bark up the wrong tree …
6The Wrong Box — Voir Un mort en pleine forme …
7The 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.… …
8bark up the wrong tree — (Colloq.) Mistake, err, make a mistake, be in the wrong box, on the wrong scent, or on the wrong track …
9Box — Box, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[ u]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and… …
10Box beam — Box Box, n.; pl. {Boxes} [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b[ u]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See {Pyx}, and cf. {Box} a tree, {Bushel}.] 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material… …
