“Get your wires crossed”
CommunicationDefinition
Sich gegenseitig missverstehen oder Informationen verwechseln.
English: To misunderstand each other or confuse information.
Beispiele
Beispiele
1 / 2“We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.”
Wir haben uns missverstanden: Ich dachte, du würdest die Tickets buchen.
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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.
Wir haben uns missverstanden: Ich dachte, du würdest die Tickets buchen.
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 dictionaryHäufig gestellte Fragen
- What does "Get your wires crossed" mean?
- "Get your wires crossed" means sich gegenseitig missverstehen oder informationen verwechseln.
- 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.