you"re barking up the wrong tree - определение. Что такое you"re barking up the wrong tree
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Что (кто) такое you"re barking up the wrong tree - определение

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPRESSION
Barking Up the Wrong Tree; Bark up the wrong tree

Barking up the wrong tree         
Barking up the wrong tree is an idiomatic expression in English, which is used to suggest a mistaken emphasis in a specific context. The phrase is an allusion to the mistake made by dogs when they believe they have chased a prey up a tree, but the game may have escaped by leaping from one tree to another.
bark up the wrong tree         
(Colloq.) Mistake, err, make a mistake, be in the wrong box, on the wrong scent, or on the wrong track.
The wrong type of snow         
  • Class 158 DMU]] on the [[Erewash Valley Line]] in [[Derbyshire]], England, during heavy snow in 2010
BYWORD FOR EUPHEMISTIC AND POINTLESS EXCUSES
Wrong kind of snow; Wrong type of snow; Wrong sort of snow; The wrong kind of snow; Terry Worrall; The wrong sort of snow
"The wrong type of snow" or "the wrong kind of snow" is a phrase coined by the British media in 1991 after severe weather caused disruption to many of British Rail's services. A British Rail press release implied that management and its engineering staff were unaware of different types of snow.

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Barking up the wrong tree

Barking up the wrong tree is an idiomatic expression in English, which is used to suggest a mistaken emphasis in a specific context. The phrase is an allusion to the mistake made by dogs when they believe they have chased a prey up a tree, but the game may have escaped by leaping from one tree to another. The phrase means to mistake one's object, or to pursue the wrong course to obtain it.

In other words, "if you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong."