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| Russian | English |
| не так понять, неправильно понять | get something backward (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| неправильно понять | get the wrong end of the stick (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| неправильно понять | get one's wires crossed (Wanda got her wires crossed and got off at the wrong station. В.И.Макаров) |
| неправильно понять друг друга | get one's wires crossed (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) |