Be/talk at cross purposes informal verb phrase
To be in conflict with or misunderstand someone or something
I think they are at cross purposes. You should help them reconcile with each other.
Hold on, I think you may be talking at cross purposes.
I realized we had been talking at cross purposes.
The leaders are at cross purposes about the design of the project.
A relationship that is full of disagreements or quarrels
If you say that you are on the wrong end of (something), you mean that you have a problematic association with something; thereby leading to negative consequences.
Although someone is given reliable information, they continue to ignore or misunderstand it.
The verb "be" or "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.