(1) Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got the wrong end of the stick.

(2) People who think the song is about drugs have got the wrong end of the stick.

(3) Geoff had got the wrong end of the stick, and thought I was angry with him.

(4) You've got the wrong end of the stick; he doesn't owe me money, I owe him!

(5) The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work.

(6) Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.

(7) Jo: Well, if you get the wrong end of the stick it means you don't understand a situation correctly.

(8) Jo: The expression is – to get the wrong end of the stick. To get the wrong end of the stick.

(9) But we casually get the wrong end of the stick, for we live in a different age and a different kind of lifestyle.