请输入您要查询的英文词组:

 

词组 bark up the wrong tree
释义

bark up the wrong tree pursue a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action. informal

☞ The metaphor is of a dog that has mistaken the tree in which its quarry has taken refuge and is barking at the foot of the wrong one.

1969Alan BennettForty Years On For sovereign states to conclude agreements on the basis of a mutual fondness for dogs seems to me to be barking up the wrong tree.

随便看

 

英语词组固定搭配大全包含15956条英汉双解词组,基本涵盖了全部常用英文词组、短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/16 1:32:51