| Subject | English | Russian |
| busin. | talk at cross purposes | говорить наперекор |
| idiom. | talk at cross purposes | говорить о разных вещах ("Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at cross-purposes," said my friend, with dignity. • A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. "We have been talking at cross purposes," said she. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "There's always another woman," she said quietly. "At some time or other. It's not necessarily fatal. We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we? We are not even talking about the same thing, perhaps." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| busin. | talk at cross purposes | говорить о разном |
| idiom. | talk at cross purposes | разговаривать, не понимая друг друга ("Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at cross-purposes," said my friend, with dignity. • A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. "We have been talking at cross purposes," said she. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "There's always another woman," she said quietly. "At some time or other. It's not necessarily fatal. We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we? We are not even talking about the same thing, perhaps." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | talk at cross purposes | не понимать друг друга (irishe4ka) |
| idiom. | talk at cross-purposes | говорить о разных вещах (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| Makarov. | talk at cross-purposes | не понимать друг друга |
| gen. | talk/ be at cross purposes | кто про Фому, кто про Ерёму (m_rakova) |
