“Get the wrong end of the stick”
Communicationඅර්ථ දැක්වීම
යමෙකු අදහස් කරන දේ වරදවා වටහා ගැනීම.
English: To misunderstand what someone means.
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1 / 2“I got the wrong end of the stick and thought the meeting was cancelled.”
මම පණිවිඩය වැරදියට තේරුම් අරන් රැස්වීම අවලංගු කළා කියලා හිතුවා.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I got the wrong end of the stick and thought the meeting was cancelled.Compare with the original example
I got the wrong end of the stick and thought the meeting was cancelled.
මම පණිවිඩය වැරදියට තේරුම් අරන් රැස්වීම අවලංගු කළා කියලා හිතුවා.
Write a two-line conversation using “Get the wrong end of the stick”. 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 dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Get the wrong end of the stick" mean?
- "Get the wrong end of the stick" means යමෙකු අදහස් කරන දේ වරදවා වටහා ගැනීම.
- How do you use "Get the wrong end of the stick" in a sentence?
- Example: "I got the wrong end of the stick and thought the meeting was cancelled."
- Should I interpret "Get the wrong end of the stick" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.