“Get your wires crossed”
Communicationالتعريف
سوء فهم بعضنا البعض أو خلط المعلومات.
English: To misunderstand each other or confuse information.
أمثلة
أمثلة
1 / 2“We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.”
لقد أسأنا فهم بعضنا البعض: ظننت أنك أنت من يقوم بحجز التذاكر.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.Compare with the original example
We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.
لقد أسأنا فهم بعضنا البعض: ظننت أنك أنت من يقوم بحجز التذاكر.
Write a two-line conversation using “Get your wires crossed”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryالأسئلة المتكررة
- What does "Get your wires crossed" mean?
- "Get your wires crossed" means سوء فهم بعضنا البعض أو خلط المعلومات.
- How do you use "Get your wires crossed" in a sentence?
- Example: "We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets."
- Should I interpret "Get your wires crossed" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.