be barking up the wrong tree

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   把方法搞错（或想偏）；走错路线

   to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth

   - Where is he? - You're barking up the wrong tree.

   If I quit, I'd be agreeing with everyone who had ever told me I was barking up the wrong tree.

电影里这样说 · 4 部

• At least I'm not barking up the wrong tree.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004
• - Where is he? - You're barking up the wrong tree.His Girl Friday1940
• But you're barking up the wrong tree. I know this man, he wouldn't do that.Reservoir Dogs1992
• If I quit, I'd be agreeing with everyone who had ever told me I was barking up the wrong tree.Front of the Class2008

在完整场景里学

• 暖暖内含光2004
  • 翘班去海边录日记：in a funk（提不起劲）
  • 火车上搭讪约酒：out of sorts（心里不痛快）
  • 喝酒搭讪约野餐：live life to the fullest（把日子过到最充实）
• 女友礼拜五1940
  • 前妻回编辑部辞行：gum up the works（把事搅黄）
  • 到报社提出辞职：hard feelings（记恨）
  • 约见未婚夫暗中试探：take the wind out of someone's sail（让人泄气）
• 落水狗1992
  • 餐桌争论麦当娜歌曲：lose my train of thought（思路被打断）
  • 为一美元小费吵翻：world's smallest violin（假惺惺的同情）
  • 哄重伤同伴撑回仓库：a degree in medicine（讽刺对方装懂）

同一词条的短语

• bark is worse than their bite
• why keep a dog and bark yourself

习语频道里接下来

• be for a good cause
• bring to life
• carry too far
• get off the ground
• have a thing about
• no thanks to
• work like a charm
• have a fit
• a can of worms
• the big picture
• there you go again
• as a whole