barking up the wrong tree

Pursue something wrongly

idiom EN · English

Translations

PO szukać pod latarnią
GE auf dem Holzweg sein
SP ladrar al árbol equivocado
FR faire complètement fausse route
IT abbaiare all'albero sbagliato
CZ kousat do nesprávného stromu
CR grešiti se
HU rossz irányban keresni
HU rossz fán ugrál
SL iskati na napačnem mestu
SL iskati tam, kjer ni
SE pogriješiti pravac

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