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to be barking up the wrong tree
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English |
To be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something |
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to be in error
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English |
To have made a mistake, especially when making an official decision |
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to be in the wrong
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English |
To make a mistake or deserve the blame for something |
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to be under the illusion
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English |
Estar equivocado, imaginarse |
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to be wide of the mark
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English |
To be wrong |
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to blow
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English |
To make a mistake and spoil an opportunity |
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to blow one's lines
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English |
To forget or make an error in a speaking part or stage directions |
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to blunder
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English |
To make a stupid, careless, or thoughtless mistake in |
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to bodge up
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English |
To make a mess of; botch |
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to boob
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English |
To make a silly mistake |
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to botch up
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English |
To mess something up; to do a bad job of something |
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to cock up
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English |
To do something badly, often by making a careless or stupid mistake |
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to come a cropper
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English |
To fail completely |
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to drop a brick
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English |
To make a very bad or embarrassing mistake |
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to drop a clanger
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English |
To make a very bad or embarrassing mistake |
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to drop the ball
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English |
To make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for |
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to err is human
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English |
It is normal for people to make mistakes |
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to fall flat
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English |
To fail or be ineffective |
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to fall flat on one's face
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English |
To fail or make an embarrassing mistake when you try to do something |
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to fat-finger
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English |
To press the wrong button by accident when you are using a computer keyboard |
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to flub
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English |
To fail or make a mistake, especially when performing |
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to fluff
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English |
To make a mistake in doing something |
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to foul up
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English |
To make a lot of mistakes |
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to fuck up
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English |
To do something badly or make a bad mistake |
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to fumble
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English |
To make a mistake |
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to get nowhere fast
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English |
To completely fail to achieve something |
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to get one's wires crossed
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English |
To be mistaken about what someone else means or thinks |
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to get the wrong end of the stick
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English |
Mistaken, misunderstood; a distorted version of the facts. |
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to get wrong
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English |
To make a mistake in the way you answer or understand something |
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to go nowhere fast
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English |
To completely fail to achieve something |
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to go wrong
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English |
To make a mistake or a bad decision |
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to goof up
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English |
To do something badly or make a silly mistake that causes something to fail |
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to have another thing coming
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English |
Used to say that someone is wrong or mistaken |
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to labour under a delusion
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English |
Estar equivocado |
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to lay an egg
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English |
To make a mistake or be unsuccessful |
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to let the cat out of the bag
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English |
To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake |
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to make a blue
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English |
In Australian parlance, it can mean to make a mistake |
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to make a blunder
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English |
To make a stupid or careless mistake |
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to make a boo-boo
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English |
To make a silly or trivial mistake |
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to make a faux pas
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English |
To say or do something that is a social mistake or not polite |
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to make a mess of
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English |
To ruin (something) or make many mistakes in doing (something) |
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to make a mistake
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English |
To do something incorrectly or erroneously; to make an error of some kind |
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to make a pig's ear of
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English |
To do something badly, wrongly, or awkwardly |
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to make a slip of the pen
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English |
A minor mistake in writing (or speech) |
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to make the wrong call
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English |
To incorrectly assess a situation and thus make a decision that leads to problems, annoyances, or otherwise unfavorable outcomes |
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to mess up
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English |
To make mistakes when one is doing or making (something) |
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to miscalculate
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English |
To make a mistake when calculating an amount or judging someone or something |
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to miss the boat
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English |
To have made an error; to be wrong |
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to miss the mark
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English |
To fail to achieve the result that was intended |
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to miss the point
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English |
To fail to understand the important part of something |