get one's wires crossed

Also, have one's wires crossed. Become or be confused or mistaken about something, as in If you think there's a meeting today, you really have your wires crossed; it's not till next month . This expression transfers a wrongly wired telephone or telegraph connection to human misunderstanding. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Susann	zoo-ZAHN (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Zach	ZAK	English
Dahlia	['deiljə]
Greta	['gretə]
Asli	-	Turkish
Harriet	['hæriət]