找不着的那封信放错地方了。

The missing letter had been misfiled.

《牛津词典》

把所有想法都存储在一个方便的地方——假如把笔记放错地方的话，记录所有灵光乍现中想法毫无价值的。

Store all ideas in One Accessible Location - Documenting all your ideas during a sudden burst of clarity is worthless if you misplace your notes.

youdao

美国人民那寄托在马儿身上的信仰，可能并没有放错地方。

The faith of the American people may not have been misplaced in Obama.

youdao

I should have read it a lecture or two ago when I started talking about immortality, but I misplaced it.

我应该在一两节课之前读它,即在我开始谈论永生的时候，但是我当时把它放错地方了。

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