Don't get me wrong!
| Li: | Hello I'm Li! And joining me today is Neil—hello Neil!
(miaow) |
| Neil: | Hello!
(miaow) |
| Li: | Is that a cat in the basket you're holding? |
| Neil: | It's my adorable cat, Spencer. |
| Li: | Oh Spencer, can I see him? |
| Neil: | Of course ...
(basket opening) |
| Li: | Ahhhh-urgh! |
| Neil: | What do you mean, urgh? |
| Li: | That's not a cat, it's a kind of frog-chicken!
(offended miaow) |
| Li: | It doesn't have any fur! |
| Neil: | Spencer certainly is a cat. He's a sphinx cat; they don't have any fur. You don't like him do you? |
| Li: | No, no, no, don't get me wrong. He's just a bit—surprising! |
| Cat: | Miaow?! |
| Li: | Don't get me wrong—that's an expression you use when you're worried someone might not understand what you say or be upset by it. When I said Neil's cat looked like a frog-chicken, I didn't mean that I didn't like him; I just meant he was ... a bit unusual. Here are some more examples: |
| Don't get me wrong, I do like James, I just think he can be a bit annoying sometimes. | |
| Don't get me wrong, I'd love to come to your party, but I'm busy tonight. |
| Neil: | And, don't get me wrong, but you don't know much about cats do you? |
| Li: | Yes I do! I have a Norwegian forest cat. And she's very beautiful with lots of fur! But Spencer is ... very strange.
(angry miaow) |
| Li: | A kind of gremlin.
(angry hiss) |
| Li: | And not very friendly.
(crazed miaow of anger as Spencer throws himself on Li) |
| Cat: | Miaow, don't get me wrong, I am only being friendly! |
| Li: | That is a lie. Get off me, you vicious gremlin! Get off! Get off! |