at cross purposes

at cross purposes
(at cross purposes (тж. at cross-purposes))
наперекор (обыкн. употр. с гл. to be, to get и to talk)

And we were at cross purposes, for now it was becoming clear to me that Mary did not mean to marry me... (H. G. Wells, ‘The Passionate Friends’, ch. IV) — Наши пути разошлись: становилось ясно, что Мэри не собирается выходить за меня замуж...

Tanner: "...That is what comes of getting at cross purposes with Nature." (B. Shaw, ‘Man and Superman’, act I) — Таннер: "...Вот что получается, когда человек действует наперекор природе."

Violet: "...Oh, well, I suppose theres no use playing at cross purposes, Mr. Malone. Hector wants to marry me." (B. Shaw, ‘Man and Superman’, act IV) — Виолета: "...Ну что ж, мистер Мэлоун, я полагаю, нам нечего играть в прятки. Гектор хочет жениться на мне."

For the most part they spoke at cross purposes when a name was mentioned, the waiter having in mind the present holder and Mr. Dedalus his father or perhaps his grandfather. (J. Joyce, ‘A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man’, ch. II) — Разговор шел большей частью невпопад: когда упоминалась какая-нибудь фамилия, официант говорил об ее теперешнем носителе, а мистер Дедалус - об его отце, а то и о деде.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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