cross-purposes

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disagreement,disparity,variance,contrast,frustration

cross-purposes

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1.	（由于谈论或针对不同事情而未意识到的）相互不理解，相互误解if two people areat cross purposes , they do not understand each other because they are talking about or aiming at different things, without realizing it

I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.

我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。