英语词汇“to get the wrong end of the stick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to get (also have) the wrong end of the stick and variants.

(i) To do poorly or end up at a disadvantage in a bargain, deal, or contest. Cf. to get the worse end of the staff at staff n.¹ Phrases 7. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)] > have disadvantage

to have (also get) the worsec1275

to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542

disprofit1561

the worst end of the bargain (also stick, staff, etc.)1564

to have the wrong end of the stick?1793

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase]

to miss the cushiona1529

to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546

to pray without one's beads1641

to have the wrong end of the stick?1793

to bark up the wrong tree1832

the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834

to have another think coming1896

you have another guess coming1935

to be off the beam1941

blow1943

?1793 ‘Yorick’ Dr—yt—n Rev. 67 This Yorick is surely in League with Old Nick, We Saints have sure got the Wrong End of the Stick.

1825 Portfolio 8 Jan. 277/1 Mr. W. the wrong end of the stick in the affair.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 249 If you happen to have the arrangement of a bargain..with the rural Australian, you will rarely find that the apparently impassive countryman has ‘got the wrong end of the stick’.

1919 Times of India 4 Sept. 6/3 It reminds one of the appeal made to the Government last year by some of the magnates who had found themselves at the wrong end of the stick in their huge cotton speculations.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 May 14 Why do motorcyclists always seem to end up on the wrong end of the stick; is it collective punishment for the misdeeds of the few?

(ii) British. To misunderstand a situation, fact, etc.; to be incorrect.

ΚΠ

1820 Morning Post 29 July You are constantly getting hold of the wrong end of the stick.

1893 Brit. Chess Mag. June 253 A more fatuous gripping of the wrong end of the stick is not easily imagined.

1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air iv. vii. 283 Listen, Hilda. You've got hold of the wrong end of the stick about this business.

1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. xiii. 135 I'm afraid, old man, you've got the wrong end of the stick there.

1968 Listener 12 Sept. 340/2 I am afraid my old friend and colleague has got hold of the wrong end of a very large number of sticks.

1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Sept. 23/2 Kay Barwick..believes many would-be asserters have got the wrong end of the stick. ‘It's a common myth that assertiveness equals aggression,’ she insists.

2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xxxiii. 268 She'd got the wrong end of the stick about Carole and Jude's relationship.

单词	to get the wrong end of the stick
释义	> as lemmas to get (also have) the wrong end of the stick (a) to get (also have) the wrong end of the stick and variants. (i) To do poorly or end up at a disadvantage in a bargain, deal, or contest. Cf. to get the worse end of the staff at staff n.¹ Phrases 7. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)] > have disadvantage to have (also get) the worsec1275 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 disprofit1561 the worst end of the bargain (also stick, staff, etc.)1564 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase] to miss the cushiona1529 to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546 to pray without one's beads1641 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 to bark up the wrong tree1832 the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834 to have another think coming1896 you have another guess coming1935 to be off the beam1941 blow1943 ?1793 ‘Yorick’ Dr—yt—n Rev. 67 This Yorick is surely in League with Old Nick, We Saints have sure got the Wrong End of the Stick. 1825 Portfolio 8 Jan. 277/1 Mr. W. the wrong end of the stick in the affair. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 249 If you happen to have the arrangement of a bargain..with the rural Australian, you will rarely find that the apparently impassive countryman has ‘got the wrong end of the stick’. 1919 Times of India 4 Sept. 6/3 It reminds one of the appeal made to the Government last year by some of the magnates who had found themselves at the wrong end of the stick in their huge cotton speculations. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 May 14 Why do motorcyclists always seem to end up on the wrong end of the stick; is it collective punishment for the misdeeds of the few? (ii) British. To misunderstand a situation, fact, etc.; to be incorrect. ΚΠ 1820 Morning Post 29 July You are constantly getting hold of the wrong end of the stick. 1893 Brit. Chess Mag. June 253 A more fatuous gripping of the wrong end of the stick is not easily imagined. 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air iv. vii. 283 Listen, Hilda. You've got hold of the wrong end of the stick about this business. 1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. xiii. 135 I'm afraid, old man, you've got the wrong end of the stick there. 1968 Listener 12 Sept. 340/2 I am afraid my old friend and colleague has got hold of the wrong end of a very large number of sticks. 1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Sept. 23/2 Kay Barwick..believes many would-be asserters have got the wrong end of the stick. ‘It's a common myth that assertiveness equals aggression,’ she insists. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xxxiii. 268 She'd got the wrong end of the stick about Carole and Jude's relationship. extracted from stickn.¹ < as lemmas
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