barking up the wrong tree

常见例句

You may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you've been barking up the wrong tree.
如果你發現自己一直沒弄清楚狀況，最後你沒準兒看起來有點愚蠢。
Hey man, if you think I was the guy who robbed that bank today, you're barking up the wrong tree!
他說：“喂，要是你認爲我是今天搶銀行的那個人，那你就錯怪我了。我根本就沒上那兒去。”
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，家長們也應該意識到如果他們想讓男孩們更有安全感或更自信，這樣的做法可能適得其反。

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