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    barking up the wrong tree

    US /ˈbɑrkɪŋ ʌp ðə rɔŋ tri/

    ・

    UK /ˈbɑ:kɪŋ ʌp ðə rɒŋ tri:/

    B2
    idm.To make a wrong assumption or pursue a false lead.
    He's barking up the wrong tree if he blames me for the error.

    Video subtitles

    Annoying Orange - Angry Karens Supercut!

    17:14Annoying Orange - Angry Karens Supercut!
    • You're barking up the wrong tree, bucko.

      You're barking up the wrong tree, bucko.

    • You're barking up the wrong tree, bucko!

      You're barking up the wrong tree, bucko!

    B1

    Barking up the wrong tree: The English We Speak

    03:06Barking up the wrong tree: The English We Speak
    • Whoa - hold on Feifei. If you are implying it was me who told the boss, then you are barking up the wrong tree.

      Whoa - hold on Feifei. If you are implying it was me who told the boss, then you are barking up the wrong tree.

    • That's what I mean by barking up the wrong tree -

      That's what I mean by barking up the wrong tree -

    A2

    How your dog can protect you before you're born

    03:20How your dog can protect you before you're born
    • but we do know that having a pet around before and after your birth may help keep your immune cells from barking up the wrong tree.

      but we do know that having a pet around before and after your birth may help keep your immune cells from barking up the wrong tree.

    • may help keep your immune cells from barking up the wrong tree.

      may help keep your immune cells from barking up the wrong tree.

    B2

    How Your Personality Can Sabotage Your Success | Eric Barker on Impact Theory

    58:28How Your Personality Can Sabotage Your Success | Eric Barker on Impact Theory
    • I was so captivated by his debut book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is Mostly Wrong, that we had him scheduled on the show before I'd even finished reading it.

      I was so captivated by his debut book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is Mostly Wrong, that we had him scheduled on the show before I'd even finished reading it.

    • I was so captivated by his debut book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science

      I was so captivated by his debut book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science

    A2

    The Strawman Defense: Christianity’s Escape Hatch

    14:00The Strawman Defense: Christianity’s Escape Hatch
    • So someone balking at that and saying, "No, even your own book says that faith is believing things you don't know for sure or sometimes can't know or are just hoping for but being assured of that," I don't think they're barking up the wrong tree.

      So someone balking at that and saying, "No, even your own book says that faith is believing things you don't know for sure or sometimes can't know or are just hoping for but being assured of that," I don't think they're barking up the wrong tree.

    • So someone balking at that and saying, no, even your own book says that faith is believing things you don't know for sure, or sometimes can't know, or are just hoping for, but being assured of that, I don't think they're barking up the wrong tree.

      So someone balking at that and saying, no, even your own book says that faith is believing things you don't know for sure, or sometimes can't know, or are just hoping for, but being assured of that, I don't think they're barking up the wrong tree.

    B1