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get one's wires crossedнаголоси
бізн. не разбираться (в чем-л.); запутаться
ідіом., розм. не так понять друг друга (to get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another: We got our wires crossed and I waited for an hour in the wrong place. • We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she to the railway station. 4uzhoj); неверно понять (что-либо В.И.Макаров); неправильно понять друг друга (to get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another: We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she to the railway station. • Somehow we got our wires crossed because I'd written the 23rd in my diary and Jen had the 16th. • We got our wires crossed and I waited for an hour in the wrong place. 4uzhoj); неправильно понять (Wanda got her wires crossed and got off at the wrong station. В.И.Макаров)
 Англійський тезаурус
get one's wires crossed
букв. become wrongly connected by phone (also get one's lines crossed: Mobile phone punters in London have been having the weirdest conversations after the phone company admitted that it has been getting its wires crossed. • Somewhere along the line, some one had got their wires crossed, that much was clear. lexico.com)
ідіом., розм. have a misunderstanding (The source of this rumour got their wires crossed • I think it's you who've got your wires crossed. • Also, let me point out that you've got your wires crossed. • This was an organised trip with written permission, and someone has got their wires crossed, and the whole thing has snowballed. • I think your reporter and myself got our wires crossed when I was talking to him about housing issues in general. • I think W K Quick may have got his wires crossed regarding certain drivers being exempt from paying vehicle excise duty. • I would strongly advise her to go back and read her history books once again as she has got her wires crossed from a historical point of view. • Unfortunately nurse got her wires crossed again, she gave the lady 12 tablets at two. • And it is obvious that even the Reuter correspondent has got his wires crossed on the above subject. • The perception that commanding officers got their wires crossed has been reinforced by reports and books on the conflict. • Okay, so having fun with role reversal is one thing, but Geoff and I have seriously got our lines crossed these past couple days. lexico.com); to have a different understanding of the same situation (Used to talk about two or more people who fail to understand each other: We must have got our wires crossed – I thought she was arriving tomorrow, not today. cambridge.org); to get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions (wiktionary.org); to misunderstand one another (We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she headed to the railway station. wiktionary.org); to misunderstand one another (wiktionary.org); to become confused about what someone is saying because you think they are talking about something else (We got our wires crossed and I waited for an hour in the wrong place. ldoceonline.com); to misunderstand (collinsdictionary.com)