what are they talkig about?
what happens here that leads to getting their wires crossed in the following sentence. what are they talking about?
Somehow we got our wires crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jen had the 16th
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'Wires crossed' is an idiom
They are talking about their misunderstand each other when making arrangements
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'Wires crossed' means the situation got confusing, where one person assumed something different from the second, as if they are talking from different points, if that makes sense. In this sentence, it is because the two people though a certain date was on different days.
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'Wires crossed' basically just means that there's been a misunderstanding.
As in this case, there has been a misunderstanding over the dates.
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