BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

Meaning of BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE in English

informal

be pursuing a mistaken line of thought.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE — ( informal ) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth : You're barking up the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE — see tree
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE — see tree
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARKING — County: Greater London Post Code: IG11
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
TREE — I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self-supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in most species the trunk …
Английский словарь Британика
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ also ˈräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wrong, wrang, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tre, tree, from Old English trēow; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARKING — present part of bark
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARKING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bark
Английский словарь Webster
BARKING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Bark
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRONG — — wronger , n. — wrongly , adv. — wrongness , n. /rawng, rong/ , adj. 1. not in accordance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREE — — treelike , adj. /tree/ , n. , v. , treed, treeing . n. 1. a plant having a permanently …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARKING — /bahr"king/ , n. a borough of Greater London, England. 154,200.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARKING — n. bark sound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BARKING — adj. that makes a barking sound; abrupt, harsh (about a sound); (British offensive Slang) very irrational, insane
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from * wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trēow; akin to Old Norse trē tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit dāru …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRONG — imp. of wring. wrung. 2. wrong ·adj that which is not right. 3. wrong ·adj twisted; wry; as, a wrong …
Webster English vocab
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
TREE — noun wood; timber. 2. tree ·noun a cross or gallows; as tyburn tree. 3. tree ·vt to drive to a …
Webster English vocab
BARKING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of bark.
Webster English vocab
BARKING — ■ adjective Brit. informal completely mad.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE — [tree] n [ME, fr. OE treow; akin to ON tre tree, Gk drys, Skt daru wood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE — woody plant that renews its growth every year (called a perennial). Most plants classified as trees have a single self-supporting …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARKING — Barking BrE AmE ˈbɑːk ɪŋ AmE \ ˈbɑːrk ɪŋ ▷ Barking|'s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WRONG — / rɒŋ; NAmE rɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective NOT CORRECT 1. not right or correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREE — / triː; NAmE / noun a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARKING — ➡ barking mad
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — I. wrong 1 S1 W1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wrong , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREE — tree S1 W1 /triː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: treow ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BARKING — ˌbarking ˈmad BrE AmE ( also bark‧ing /ˈbɑːkɪŋ $ ˈbɑːr-/) adjective [not before noun] British English completely crazy or acting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Oxford English vocab
TREE — n. & v. 1. a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — ( wrongs, wronging, wronged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TREE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Christmas tree (= a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — (NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for …
Cambridge English vocab
BARKING — [adjective] [after verb], [adverb] [UK dated] [informal]If someone is barking (mad) they do things which are extremely foolish, or their …
Cambridge English vocab
TREE — n. big tree bodhi tree bo tree Christmas tree deciduous tree Joshua Tree National Park monkey puzzle tree phylogenetic tree …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TREE — Synonyms and related words : Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
BARKING — Adj. Insane. Short for barking mad.
Slang English vocab
BARKING — I. adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
BARKING — I. adj. Barking is used with these nouns: ↑ cough , ↑ laugh II. adv. Barking is used with these …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
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