cross purposes

劍橋詞典

?at cross purposes

If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this.
（兩人因未意識到彼此談?wù)摰氖挛锊煌┫嗷フ`解，相互矛盾，各說各的
I think we've been talking at cross purposes - I meant next year , not this year . 我想我們談?wù)摰氖莾纱a事——我指的是明年，不是今年。 返回 cross purposes