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Dear Teachers,

Please if iwant to describe a situation between tow people who all the times argue and debate about everything , could i say in this case that they are on a different wavelength ? and what is the expression used to describe the opposite case?

thanks indeed.
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Dear Teachers,

Please if iwant to describe a situation between tow people who all the times argue and debate about everything , could i say in this case that they are on a different wavelength ? and what is the expression used to describe the opposite case?

thanks indeed.
I would say:
They are just not on the same wavelength.
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Dear Teachers,

Please if iwant to describe a situation between two people who all the times argue and debate about everything , could i say in this case that they are on a different wavelength ? Yes
and what is the expression used to describe the opposite case?
on the same wavelength
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