BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

Meaning of BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE in English

( informal ) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth :

You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE — informal be pursuing a mistaken line of thought. → bark
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 …
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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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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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