Barking up the wrong tree

Is an interesting English idiom.

Let’s start by looking at the word „bark“.

🌳Bark can mean the outside of a tree, more specifically, the tough, brown, material that covers trees.

🌳Bark is also the sound that a dog makes.

🌳“Barking up the wrong tree“ however, does not refer to the rough, brown, tree covering, it refers to the fact that dogs like to chase some animals, among them squirrels.

Learn more about this interesting Business English idiom here: https://www.englisch-nach-mass.com/idiom-barking-up-wrong-tree/

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