| 词汇 | get the wrong end of the stick |
| 释义 | Idiom get the wrong end of the stickget (hold of) the wrong end of the stick informal to not understand a situation correctly.Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got hold of the wrong end of the stick.I said how nice he was and Julie got the wrong end of the stick and thought I wanted to go out with him. get hold of the wrong end of the stickTo misunderstand something. He must have gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick about something when I was talking to him earlier, because he has started acting really odd whenever I see him now. get the wrong end of the stickorget hold of the wrong end of the stickINFORMALIf someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they completely misunderstand a situation or something that is said. You got the wrong end of the stick — I invited him to be kind, not because I fancied him! Did I get hold of the wrong end of the stick? Was that not what he meant? get (hold of) the wrong end of the stickmisunderstand someone or something completely.get (hold of) the ˌwrong end of the ˈstick(British English, informal) understand somebody/something in the wrong way: You’ve got the wrong end of the stick. He doesn’t owe me money, I owe him! OPPOSITE: get something right/straight |
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