get one's wires crossed

動詞

慣用表現 自動詞

(intransitive, idiomatic) To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.

日本語の意味

互いの意図を誤解する / 意図を取り違える / お互いの意思が行き違う

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It's easy to get one's wires crossed when emails lack context, so I called to clarify.

メールに文脈が欠けていると、他人の意図を誤解しやすいので、確認のために電話しました。

詳細

意味（1）

(intransitive, idiomatic) 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 headed to the railway station.

詳細

gets one's wires crossed （ present singular third-person ）

getting one's wires crossed （ participle present ）

got one's wires crossed （ past ）

got one's wires crossed （ UK participle past ）

gotten one's wires crossed （ US participle past ）