مصطلحات اللغة الانجليزية - معنى مصطلح bark up the wrong tree

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مصطلحات اللغة الانجليزية - معنى مصطلح bark up the wrong tree
مصطلحات اللغة الانجليزية - معنى مصطلح bark up the wrong tree

bark up the wrong tree Informal

Meaning: If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way.

هذا المصطلح مصطلح (غير رسمى) يقال عندما تقوم بالبحث عن شيئا ما فى المكان الخاطىء عمل شيئا ما على نحو خاطىء

For example:

The police think the drugs are being brought in by the mafia, but they're barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking much closer to home.

She's barking up the wrong tree if she's interested in Gavin. Doesn't she know he's gay?

Origin: Metaphorical, from the image of a dog barking up a tree in which it thinks another animal has taken refuge in order to escape it.

Quick Quiz:
The police think the murderer is hiding in the forest, but they're barking up the wrong tree. He is

in a different tree
in a different forest
not in a forest

The Answer
not in a forest