get your wires crossed meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to get your wires crossed" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Getting your wires crossed can lead to no end of confusion.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

To get your wires crossed can be used formally or informally.
 

"We seem to have gotten our wires crossed."

 
When used in the singular, to get your wires crossed refers to internal wires. In essence, to cross wires within your own brain.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

 
There were to be two parties, one a casual party and one a costume party.
Glenn was sure that he had heard from Jan that this party would be the costume party ...
 

 
Do you suppose that Glenn and Jan got their wires crossed?
 

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Lucy is reading an information sheet on a bulletin board outside an auditorium where the Geography Final Exam is being held ...

Robert: Everything alright Lucy?
Lucy: I'm supposed to write my Geography final now.
Robert: Why aren't you in the auditorium writing, then?
Lucy: If I'm reading this schedule correctly, my exam was yesterday evening.
Robert: Oops! You must have got your wires crossed.

 

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to get your wires crossed"

to misunderstand one another to have a different understanding of a situation

Synonyms: confuse, confused, confusion, deceive, deceived, error, false, misapprehend, misapprehension, misconception, misconstrue, misinform, misinformed, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misjudge, misjudgment, mis-reckon, mis-reckoning, mistake, misunderstand, misunderstood, mix-up, mixed-up