It is that they mistake themselves for the people they live with.
I think they mistake the hum of wires for the buzz of insects".
(It's this spiral that leads many GPs to misdiagnose anxiety – they mistake it for depression).
In my view they mistake in my play criticism with bigotry.
I'm always amazed when they mistake me for a straight man.
The reason tapas restaurants outside Spain never have the right vibe is that they mistake a means for an end.
They know what pressure parliament will be under, but again they mistake the nature of the pressure.
What makes them tone deaf, however, is that they mistake this something for everything, or at least everything that matters.
Seabirds are at particular risk because they tend to be attracted to brightly coloured objects floating on the sea surface, which they mistake for food.
Dressed in rags and speaking gibberish, they mistake him for a harmless lunatic and give him money to buy clothes before winter.
You remain the most beloved figure in the country.... BERLUSCONI: Politically, I'm nowhere... but socially they mistake me for the Pope.
