The phrase "facing in the wrong direction" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to someone or something being pointed in the opposite direction of where they/it should be facing. Example: The map was useless because it had been printed upside down, with the north arrow facing in the wrong direction.
Mr. Higbee is on the wrong track, facing in the wrong direction.
For instance, several months ago, when I wrote about CUT THE DIAMOND, I gave an example of cutting a funny diamond, where the points tend to wind up facing in the wrong direction.
Like the BBC, another shaky icon that has been trying its supporters' faith recently, M&S made the mistake of facing in the wrong direction: away from paying customers and towards institutional shareholders (or political masters).
Betfair, which already had a five-length advantage from the off as the first mover in the market, gained another 10 because Betdaq was facing in the wrong direction.
The old one, some of the students were facing in the wrong direction.
After all, you cannot pursue your true desires if you are facing in the wrong direction.
It's very important to keep track of which way you're facing when you slide together and trade; if you tend to face in rather than slide sideways, then you can easily face in the wrong direction later, as we'll see.
Discovered in 1791 in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, but inaccurately restored so that its head faces in the wrong direction, this sculpture is a centrepiece of Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, a major new exhibition at the British Museum.
But then we turned onto the unmarked blacktop road that led out to Chris and Anneliese's and saw the car there, a silver Toyota, engine running, stopped in our lane and facing the wrong direction.
In the "olden days", John Mason – head of taxi and private hire at TfL – tells me, the examiners would play games such as putting the chair in the examination room facing the wrong direction, and give an automatic fail to the student who dared turn it around.
Asked whether CBS was "facing the wrong direction" in 2017 with its choice of greenlit series, Moonves said he does not "think that's the case" when all other CBS Corp. networks are included in the equation.
