Čo znamená barking up the wrong tree v angličtine a aká je definícia barking up the wrong tree?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť barking up the wrong tree výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

barking up the wrong tree Význam & definícia

0 trying to do something in a way that will not work:
- His attorney suggested that the investigators might be barking up the wrong tree.

Moving towards culturally competent dementia care: have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Barking up the wrong tree?
I really think he is barking up the wrong tree there, and it is a pure mare's nest.
I think we are barking up the wrong tree.
He seemed to think he had stumbled on something, but, not for the first time, he is barking up the wrong tree.
Those who suggest that it is possible to save £1,000 million overnight are barking up the wrong tree.
It is not just barking up the wrong tree; it is just barking, quite frankly.
In both cases, she will not do better, however hard she tries, because she is barking up the wrong tree.