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неправильно понять друг другаstresses
idiom., inf. 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)
inf. get one's signals crossed (I'm sorry I'm late, I thought we were getting here at 8–we must have gotten our signals crossed. 4uzhoj)