bark up the wrong tree
to make the wrong choice
TRANSLATION
bark up the wrong tree = falsch liegen --- GOOGLE INDEX bark up the wrong tree: approximately 300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
If Europe does not get its act together soon, ratings could crumble, and it does not look like Europe is even close to finding a solution to its debt contagion crisis. More obvious than ever, European leaders are BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.
(UPI.com)
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The German government has earmarked €1 billion for electric vehicle development and marketing, but technology analyst Gartner says it’s BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, for now at least.
(redbook.com)
(UPI.com)
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The German government has earmarked €1 billion for electric vehicle development and marketing, but technology analyst Gartner says it’s BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, for now at least.
(redbook.com)
Did you
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bark up the wrong tree
idiom
- to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The expression "bark up the wrong tree" stems from the idea of a dog barking at the bottom of a tree in which he thinks there is another animal, when in fact the animal is somewhere else, or sitting in another tree watching and laughing.,
Man barks up wrong tree
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S., a judge denied a man's request to change his name to "Boomer the Dog." Gary Guy Mathews, 44, who often impersonates the shaggy dog star of the hit 1980’s television show, said he has "realised his identity" through an animal lifestyle and wants to change his name to the animal he most relates to.
The judge ruled the name change could cause some confusion in regards to business records and public documents. He posed the following scenario as explanation:
Suppose Mr. Mathews witnesses a serious automobile accident and telephones for an emergency medical response. The telephone dispatcher asks for the caller's identity and the caller then responds, "This is Boomer the Dog." It does not take much to imagine the telephone dispatcher concluding that the call is just a joke and refusing to send an emergency medical response."
The judge ended his ruling by saying: "Although Mr. Mathews apparently wishes it were otherwise, the simple fact remains that he is not a dog."
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SYNONYMS
to be amiss, to be off the mark, to be off-course
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You're barking up the wrong tree with that pricing strategy. Customers just won't pay."
idiom
- to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The expression "bark up the wrong tree" stems from the idea of a dog barking at the bottom of a tree in which he thinks there is another animal, when in fact the animal is somewhere else, or sitting in another tree watching and laughing.,
Man barks up wrong tree
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S., a judge denied a man's request to change his name to "Boomer the Dog." Gary Guy Mathews, 44, who often impersonates the shaggy dog star of the hit 1980’s television show, said he has "realised his identity" through an animal lifestyle and wants to change his name to the animal he most relates to.
The judge ruled the name change could cause some confusion in regards to business records and public documents. He posed the following scenario as explanation:
Suppose Mr. Mathews witnesses a serious automobile accident and telephones for an emergency medical response. The telephone dispatcher asks for the caller's identity and the caller then responds, "This is Boomer the Dog." It does not take much to imagine the telephone dispatcher concluding that the call is just a joke and refusing to send an emergency medical response."
The judge ended his ruling by saying: "Although Mr. Mathews apparently wishes it were otherwise, the simple fact remains that he is not a dog."
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SYNONYMS
to be amiss, to be off the mark, to be off-course
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You're barking up the wrong tree with that pricing strategy. Customers just won't pay."
