Meaning of get one's wires crossed | Babel Free
Definitions
To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.
idiomatic, intransitive
Equivalents
Русский
не так поня́ть друг дру́га
Examples
“We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she headed to the railway station.”
“"TELEPHONE MATCH, 1949. White gets his wires crossed from trying to call on two variations at once and picks the wrong number in Black who cuts him off short."”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.