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KieliKäännökset
liettuabūti neteisiam
ranskafaire fausse route
saksaHolzweg
suomihaukkua väärää puuta
tšekkiplakat na špatném hrobě
venäjäнападать на ложный след (napadat na ložnyi sled), напасть на ложный след (napast na ložnyi sled)

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Verbi

  1. (idiomatic) 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.

Esimerkit

  • You're not the first man who has made such a mistake, and found he was barking up the wrong tree.
  • They all went into the house, and left me feeling a precious idiot. I had been barking up the wrong tree this time.
  • "We want West. He's a cowardly murderer—killed the man who trusted him." . ..
  • "Of course we may be barking up the wrong tree," the officer reflected aloud. "Maybe West isn't within five hundred miles of here."
  • After three failed marriages I realised that I may have been barking up the wrong tree and should abandon the search for the perfect wife.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin preesensbarking up the wrong tree

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