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get hold of the wrong end of the stick

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand something. I was struggling with the reading before, but now I've definitely got hold of the wrong end of the stick.
See also: end, get, hold, of, stick, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
GraŻYnagrah-ZHI-nahPolish
Piliranipil-ee-RAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
Cajetan-History
Lucieluy-SEE (French), luw-TSI-e (Czech)French, Czech
Michikomee-chee-koJapanese
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