take a wrong turn at Albuquerque

Meaning

Verb

To take a wrong turn or miss a turn in a journey, so reaching a place distant from the original goal.

Origin

From the 1945 film Herr Meets Hare, often repeated in several Bugs Bunny cartoons afterwards.

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