Talk:cross the wires
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Sense: synonym of get one's wires crossed (= "to get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another"). I can't find this particular phrase used this way: it would need to be something like "we crossed the wires and failed to understand one another". All I find is the other sense (a news story breaking) or literal crossing of electrical wires. Equinox ◑ 15:55, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
- I could only find one possible quote:
- 2009, Mark Moogalian, Mr. Farride, page 6:
- This produced sensory overlap that crossed the wires between sight, sound and touch, triggering a perceptual avalanche throughout his being.
- but I am inclined to wonder whether the person who added this didn't mean cross wires. Kiwima (talk) 21:26, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
- That quotation doesn't seem to fit the definition of getting confused about someone's intentions or to misunderstand, though it does suggest some kind of confusion or conflation. Equinox ◑ 15:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 21:30, 14 May 2021 (UTC)