0 If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this: --
1 If two people or groups are at cross-purposes they do not understand each other because they have different intentions: --
I am sorry, we are at cross purposes.
The answer is that all those different funders have been acting in isolation, and sometimes even at cross purposes.
I believe that we are talking at cross purposes.
I have a strong suspicion that we have in this brief debate been talking rather at cross purposes.
I am afraid we are at cross purposes.
I do not, however, desire to get at cross purposes with you on this matter.
I am not sure if we are at cross purposes.
All too often they seem to have been at cross purposes.
