right person wrong time

David Dobrik and Liza Koshy

Jack: "Did you see David and Liza broke up?"
Sam: "Yeah, must've been the right person wrong time."

by Gmuffin December 8, 2020

right person, wrong time

When two people (presumably soulmates) are made for each other but were not able to get together due to unfortunate circumstance.

A: Wow, did you see how strong Dazai and Oda’s bond was in Bungou Stray Dogs?
B: Yeah, it sucks that they ended up acting out the right person, wrong time trope.

by mlksm May 11, 2021

Right person, wrong time

Jelliana

A: Did you hear that Jentzen and Elliana got back together?
B: Yes! They are 100% the definition of the right person, wrong time.

by frostedcupcake December 31, 2022