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
Shikoba	-	Native American, Choctaw
Edita	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Fiachra	FEE-akh-ra	Irish, Irish Mythology
Afia	-	Western African, Akan
Mandeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Jure	-	Slovene, Croatian