in the wrong

in the wrong  {adj. phr.}

Действующий вопреки морально-этическим нормам или законному праву или правде; Не взирающий на справедливость, правду или обстоятельства; Несправедливый, нечестный, неверный.

In attacking a smaller boy, Jack was plainly in the wrong.

Mary was in the wrong to drink from a finger bowl.

Since he had put pennies behind the fuses, Bill was in the wrong when fire broke out.

Ср.: OUT OF THE WAY.

Прот.: IN THE RIGHT.