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to get hold of wrong end of the stick

to not understand the situation correctly
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Submitted on January 17, 2013

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للحصول على نهاية خاطئة من العصا

взяться за неправильный конец палки

چھڑی کے غلط سرے کو پکڑنے کے لیے

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