"zig when one should zag" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zigs when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigging when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should have zagged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should have zagged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "zigged when one should have zagged"
      },
      "expansion": "zig when one should zag (third-person singular simple present zigs when one should zag, present participle zigging when one should zag, simple past and past participle zigged when one should zag or zigged when one should have zagged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53",
          "text": "As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To misstep or err."
      ],
      "id": "en-zig_when_one_should_zag-en-verb-PgykdQfR",
      "links": [
        [
          "misstep",
          "misstep"
        ],
        [
          "err",
          "err"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To misstep or err."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "zigzag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-zig when one should zag.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zig when one should zag"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zigs when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigging when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should zag",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should have zagged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zigged when one should have zagged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "zigged when one should have zagged"
      },
      "expansion": "zig when one should zag (third-person singular simple present zigs when one should zag, present participle zigging when one should zag, simple past and past participle zigged when one should zag or zigged when one should have zagged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zigzag"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53",
          "text": "As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To misstep or err."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misstep",
          "misstep"
        ],
        [
          "err",
          "err"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To misstep or err."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-zig when one should zag.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-au-zig_when_one_should_zag.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zig when one should zag"
}