OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20991

get one's wires crossed

Meanings (ES + gloss)
cruzársele los cables (a alguien)
To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.
"TELEPHONE MATCH, 1949. White gets his wires crossed from trying to call on two variations at once and picks the wrong number in Black who cuts him off short."
We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she headed to the railway station.
Phrases
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