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не разбираться (в чем-л.); запутаться |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
