bark up the wrong tree

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature. idiomatic
    — The investigator spent days trying to prove the butler committed the murder, but it turns out he was barking up the wrong tree.

词形变化

barks up the wrong tree present,singular,third-person barking up the wrong tree participle,present barked up the wrong tree participle,past barked up the wrong tree past

词源

An allusion to a situation in which a hunting dog misidentifies the tree up which it has chased an animal and positions itself at the base of another tree, barking upward at the branches.
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