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It is "bark up the wrong tree". When someone is told he/she barks up the wrong tree, it makes that he/she is making a mistake by saying/doing something. For example: John: Xerxes, you are a difficult person.
- It is "bark up the wrong tree".
- When someone is told he/she barks up the wrong tree, it makes that he/she is making a mistake by saying/doing something.
- For example: John: Xerxes, you are a difficult person.
- Me: John, you are barking up the wrong tree.
- It means that John is wrong to accuse me of being a difficult person.
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It is "bark up the wrong tree". When someone is told he/she barks up the wrong tree, it makes that he/she is making a mistake by saying/doing something.
For example:
John: Xerxes, you are a difficult person.
Me: John, you are barking up the wrong tree.
It means that John is wrong to accuse me of being a difficult person.
For example:
John: Xerxes, you are a difficult person.
Me: John, you are barking up the wrong tree.
It means that John is wrong to accuse me of being a difficult person.
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A person who has somehow reached the wrong conclusion about a situation, might be accused of ‘barking up the wrong tree’. You would have to imagine that a dog, thinking the squirrel he was chasing has climbed tree #1, is barking at tree #1; whereas the squirrel is happily and safely in tree #2.
In other words, “You’re wrong, I’m not the one you’re after—I’m innocent.”
In other words, “You’re wrong, I’m not the one you’re after—I’m innocent.”
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