Language Cafe: Barking up the Wrong Tree

2021-02-13 英語環球ChinaPlus

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Barking up the Wrong Tree

有志提高英文的小夥伴們

千萬不要錯過 收 聽 節 目

Definition: To make the wrong choice; to ask the wrong person; to follow the wrong course.

Origin: The phrase is an allusion to the mistake made by dogs when they believe they have chased a prey up a tree, but the prey may have escaped by leaping from one tree to another.

A

She thinks she can use her tears to win back his heart. But I think she is barking up the wrong tree. She doesn't know how cold-hearted this man is!

她以為眼淚能打動這個男人，但我覺得她找錯人了，她不知道他是個多麼冷酷的男人。

B

Stop barking up the wrong tree! I am not the one you should be making this complaint to. I have no say in this project.

你找錯人了，你不應該對我抱怨，我在這個項目上沒有發言權。

C

Eventually she gave up teaching. Obviously she barked up the wrong tree by picking education as her career. She is simply not teacher material.

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