Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Getting the wrong end of the stick
Portuguese translation:
entendeu tudo ao contrário/ percebeu tudo mal
English term
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Getting the wrong end of the stick
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Mar 11, 2011 21:07: Lidia Carney Created KOG entry
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United Kingdom
RSI Interpreter & Translator
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
entendeu tudo ao contrário/ percebeu tudo mal
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
ficar com a pior parte, dar-se mal na situação (ou negócio)
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/end-of-the-stick.html
9 ago. 2010 ... Com certeza você vai ficar com a pior parte da barganha quando troca idéias com a pessoa errada. Não siga alguém que não está indo a lugar ...
www.authorstream.com/.../zedacapa-464574-0384-diga-com-quem... - Em cache
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
estar enganado
Secondly, in my view we have got the wrong end of the stick if we think that the regulation of online gambling is a free market issue.
Em segundo lugar, julgo que estaremos enganados se pensarmos que a regulação dos jogos de apostas em linha é uma questão de mercado livre.
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Claudio Mazotti
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Obrigada, Claudio!
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Marlene Curtis
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Obrigada, Marlene!
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Alexandre dos Santos
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Brazil
Professional, reliable and dedicated!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Ele entendeu (tudo) errado.
Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got hold of the wrong end of the stick. I said how nice he was and Julie got the wrong end of the stick and thought I wanted to go out with him.
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