go wrong

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   to experience problems or difficulties

2. Oxford20% of films

   to make a mistake

3. Oxford5% of films

   to stop working correctly

In the movies · 75

• You know what? You can't focus on what's going wrong.Inside Out2015
• What happened, Ted? What went wrong?Airplane!1980
• I'm caught in a time loop. This is exactly where it all went wrong.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.25th Hour2002
• What could go wrongThe Matrix Resurrections2021
• What else can go wrong?Monsters, Inc.2001
• I mean, what could go wrong?The Perfect Date2019
• What else now can go wrong?Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Airplane!1980
  • The White Zone vs the Red Zone
  • Elaine Leaves Ted at the Airport
  • Ted Meets Elaine on the Plane

From the same entry

• from the wrong side of the tracks
• get the wrong end of the stick
• on the wrong side of the law
• take the wrong way
• back the wrong horse
• be barking up the wrong tree
• get out of bed on the wrong side
• not far off
• get off on the right foot
• hit the right note
• rub up the wrong way
• get on the right side of

More idioms

• what are you waiting for
• get in the way of
• all along
• other than
• once again
• come to think of it
• take your time
• come true
• on your mind
• as if
• take care
• in that case