be barking up the wrong tree

To be attempting or pursuing a futile course of action, often by making some kind of suggestion or request. If you think I'll help you cheat, you're definitely barking up the wrong tree! I was barking up the wrong tree when I applied to such good colleges with my average grades.

be barking up the wrong tree

If someone is barking up the wrong tree, they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs about something are not correct. Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree. Nobby, we've been barking up the wrong tree! We should have been looking for something green! Note: This expression comes from raccoon hunting, which takes place at night. Dogs that are trained to show where raccoons are hiding by barking sometimes indicate the wrong tree.

be barking up the wrong ˈtree

be mistaken about something: The police are barking up the wrong tree if they think I had anything to do with the crime. I wasn’t even in the country when it happened!

词组	be barking up the wrong tree
释义	be barking up the wrong tree be barking up the wrong tree To be attempting or pursuing a futile course of action, often by making some kind of suggestion or request. If you think I'll help you cheat, you're definitely barking up the wrong tree! I was barking up the wrong tree when I applied to such good colleges with my average grades. See also: bark, tree, up, wrong Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be barking up the wrong tree If someone is barking up the wrong tree, they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs about something are not correct. Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree. Nobby, we've been barking up the wrong tree! We should have been looking for something green! Note: This expression comes from raccoon hunting, which takes place at night. Dogs that are trained to show where raccoons are hiding by barking sometimes indicate the wrong tree. See also: bark, tree, up, wrong Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. be barking up the wrong ˈtree be mistaken about something: The police are barking up the wrong tree if they think I had anything to do with the crime. I wasn’t even in the country when it happened! See also: bark, tree, up, wrong Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: bark up the wrong tree bark up the wrong tree, to move (the) deckchairs on the Titanic be as honest as the day is long take (one) to the cleaners take somebody to the cleaners take someone to the cleaners take to the cleaners send somebody to Coventry send someone to Coventry References in periodicals archive THERE are sure to be some shocks in the FA Cup first round but ESPN might be barking up the wrong tree by fixing the cameras on today's clash between Blue Square Bet Premier strugglers Newport and League Two highflyers Shrewsbury. No shocks as Shrews look set to cruise LEICESTER manager Martin O'Neill is tracking Swedish star Lars Gunnar Carlstrand but he could be barking up the wrong tree. Move dogged by doubt Conservationists who seek to preserve the North American red wolf as a unique species may be barking up the wrong tree. For decades, the red wolf has been nearly indistinguishable genetically from either the gray wolf or the coyote, report two population geneticists who have compared DNA "fingerprints" from captive red wolves with those from frozen blood samples and museum skins. Conserving a coyote in wolf's clothing? MUTTLEY seems to be barking up the wrong tree with his latest howler (Racing Post Oct 31) this time about open race trap draws at our tracks. Letter: Howler
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