barking up the wrong tree

基本解释

• 攻击错了目标；找错对象

英汉例句

双语例句

• You may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you've been barking up the wrong tree.
  如果你发现自己一直没弄清楚状况，最后你没准儿看起来有点愚蠢。
• Hey man, if you think I was the guy who robbed that bank today, you're barking up the wrong tree!
  他说：“喂，要是你认为我是今天抢银行的那个人，那你就错怪我了。 我根本就没上那儿去。”
• Yet, parents also should realize that they may be ‘barking up the wrong tree’ if they think that making boys feel safer will make them confide.
  是的，家长们也应该意识到如果他们想让男孩们更有安全感或更自信，这样的做法可能适得其反。

权威例句

• From the beginning, in March 1996, with the acquisition of Athena Neurosciences, Elan has been barking up the wrong tree.
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• K. Narayanan said that Obama would be "barking up the wrong tree" if he were to subscribe to such views.
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• Nevertheless, this or any income-based cutoff for tax increases — no matter how carefully chosen or how appropriate hikes of any kind may be — sends up barking up the wrong tree when it comes to thinking about fiscal policy.
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