🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

bark up the wrong tree verb

  • (idiomatic) To do, believe, or pursue something wrong or inappropriate; to take the wrong approach; to follow a false lead; to blame or rebuke the wrong person.
 faire fausse route, miser sur le mauvais cheval, se mettre le doigt dans l'œil, se tromper de cible
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