I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.

我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。

《牛津词典》

She is a cross talk performer. In the past, this profession was called earning a living by talking.

相声演员，要是在过去，这职业就叫吃开口饭的。

youdao

And what I mean by that is that the first thing that comes out of folks' mouths cross-gender, we're talking about the other gender, is always the negative first.

我说这句话的意思是当人们说起异性的时候，通常第一句话都是消极的。

youdao

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