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.
如果你发现自己一直没弄清楚状况，最后你没准儿看起来有点愚蠢。
Hey man, if you think I was the guy who robbed that bank today, you're barking up the wrong tree!
他说：“喂，要是你认为我是今天抢银行的那个人，那你就错怪我了。我根本就没上那儿去。”
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，家长们也应该意识到如果他们想让男孩们更有安全感或更自信，这样的做法可能适得其反。

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