To be barking up the wrong tree idiom auf dem falschen Dampfer sein Redewendung to be barking up the wrong tree coll idiom auf dem Holzweg sein Redewendung to be barking up the wrong tree coll idiom sich Akk. At first I thought my son had eaten them all but I was barking up the wrong tree. Picture Idioms English Idioms American Idioms Sorry daddy but cant. Barking up the wrong tree . Have you heard someone use this phrase in a discussion. The metaphor is of a dog that has mistaken the tree in which its quarry has taken refuge and is barking at the foot of the wrong one. Sorry daddy but try to understand Im goin with the cutest guy in the land Chorus Now my heart was broken and it felt so blue I said. The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know about Success Is Mostly Wrong Barker Eric Wayne Roger ISBN. If that is the case the German government was catastrophically misguided in its threatening gestures toward the Greek government and people and very much barking u...