to bark up the wrong tree

Definice a Význam "bark up the wrong tree"

to bark up the wrong tree

to make a wrong decision about how to achieve or deal with something

Idiom

Informal

Example

If you think I can help you with that, you're barking up the wrong tree - I have no expertise in that area.

The police were barking up the wrong tree when they initially suspected the wrong person of committing the crime.

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