crossed wires
Messages got confused
Crossed wires describes a miscommunication where two parties have different understandings of the same situation.
The image comes from telephone lines accidentally connected, routing calls to wrong recipients.
There must have been some crossed wires—I thought we were meeting at noon, not ten.
The phrase usually implies the confusion was accidental rather than deliberate.
Failure to grasp meaning
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- disconnectTo break a connection
- garbleDistort into confusion
- mishearPerceive speech incorrectly
mistranslate · misread · mix-up · confusion · signal · interference · static · noise
misunderstanding
Failure to grasp meaning
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- disconnectTo break a connection
- garbleDistort into confusion
mishear · mistranslate · misread · mix-up · confusion · signal · interference · static · noise · distortion
- Communication Problemsmiscommunication, misunderstanding, static, garbled, interference
- miscommunicationmix-up, confusion, mixed messages, misinterpreted, misunderstanding
- misunderstandingmisunderstand, misinterpret, miscommunication, misconception, misconstrue
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication
- comic mishapsmistaken identity, misunderstanding, mix-up, miscommunication, blunder
- communication failsmisunderstanding, autocorrect fail, typo, wrong number, reply all
crossed wiresclear communication
Unambiguous exchange of ideas
crystal clear · clarity · clear signal · mutual understanding · meeting of minds
crossed wireson the same page
Sharing a common understanding
in sync · aligned · coordinated · in harmony · synchronized
crossed wireson the same page
Sharing a common understanding
same wavelength · mutual understanding · in sync · on the same wavelength · meeting of minds
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