You are "Barking up the wrong tree" - What does this sentence mean? - It's time to Learn English

Hello?

It's me again.

Can you see me?

I'm hiding here behind this tree.

I am trying to avoid being seen.

This is a lovely tree.

This is my apple tree.

Do you like it? It's a very lovely tree.

Even though a few years ago, it looked as if it was dying.

But fortunately, I was able to save it.

And now every year, we get lots of lovely apples

growing on this tree.

There is a phrase in English that uses the word tree.

A person might be barking up the wrong tree.

Maybe if a person is coming to the wrong conclusion about something.

Or maybe they are pursuing something that does not refer or apply to them.

We can say that they are barking up the wrong tree.

This, of course, refers to a dog, maybe an angry dog that is barking up a tree

because it thinks there is something up there, but there is nothing there at all.

That dog is barking up the wrong tree and sometimes we can do the same thing as well.

Maybe you jump to a conclusion, or maybe you are pursuing a person

romantically and they are not interested in you at all.

We can say that you are barking up the wrong tree.

You are pursuing the wrong thing.

You are mistaken.

That is today's phrase.

I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you again soon.

And of course,

ta ta for now