| 释义 |
be barking up the wrong tree informal Be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action: his wife thinks he’s under suspicion, but I’m sure she’s barking up the wrong tree...- ‘Countries, including Jamaica, are barking up the wrong tree if they expect continuation of preferential treatment in a time of increased competition among states,’ said the Jamaica Gleaner.
- If they don't look at that seriously, we were barking up the wrong tree.
- ‘This would allow people to ring up newspapers and tell them they were barking up the wrong tree, should apologise and should not publish the information,’ said the Mr Kaufman.
See parent entry: bark |