Phrase

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Meaning:

To make a wrong assumption about something.

Examples:

  • I think we're barking up the wrong tree.
  • For 40 years, you've been barking up the wrong tree.
  • But, uh, I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
  • You're barking up the wrong tree with this one, Liliom.
  • You're so barking up the wrong tree right there, my friend.
  • So you, my friend, are barking up the wrong tree.
  • You're barking up the wrong tree with this Ralph Twice.
  • So you, my friend, are barking up the wrong tree.
  • You're barking up the wrong tree in so many ways.
  • We've been barking up the wrong tree the entire investigation.