defy logic(Biden called out Russian “disinformation” and said that claims in the Russian media that Ukraine was the aggressor and planning a major attack “defies basic logic” of what a country would do with over 150,000 troops arrayed at its borders.4uzhoj)
give mixed messages(к примеру, He frequently warned his son about the hazard of addictive habits, but occasionally gave him a mixed message by smoking in front of him. LeoBlume)
