to understand something in the wrong way
false interpretation
to not understand the situation in the right manner
getting the incorrect part
misconstrue
misinterpret
make a mistake
misunderstand or misread
get it wrong
err
take something amiss
When Jack and Taylor arrived at the award function together, everyone got the wrong end of the stick.
You got the wrong end of the stick – I never meant that.
I think I get hold of the wrong end of the stick maybe she was pointing out someone else,not me.
You’ve got the wrong end of the stick, she is not going abroad, and I am going instead.
There is no origin for this idiom
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