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It may help to think of it this way:
A dog chases a squirrel. The squirrel runs up a tree. It then (unseen by the dog) leaps to another tree. If the dog continues to pace around the base of the original tree barking and whining at nothing (since the squirrel is no longer there), that dog is barking up the wrong tree.
When used of humans, it generally means something like "she's trying to get something from a person who doesn't have it" or "she thinks a person has/is something, but he really doesn't/isn't."
Solon Zboncak
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What Does the idom shes barking up the wrong tree mean?
It may help to think of it this way:A dog chases a squirrel. The squirrel runs up a tree. It then (unseen by the dog) leaps to another tree. If the dog continues to pace around the base of the original tree barking and whining at nothing (since the squirrel is no longer there), that dog is barking up the wrong tree.When used of humans, it generally means something like "she's trying to get something from a person who doesn't have it" or "she thinks a person has/is something, but he really doesn't/isn't."
What actors and actresses appeared in Barking Up the Wrong Tree - 2006?
The cast of Barking Up the Wrong Tree - 2006 includes: Heung Wong as The Man
What does 'barking up the wrong tree' mean?
Making a mistake or a false assumption in something you are trying to achieve.If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way.it means she has placed the source of her dissatisfaction on the wrong person...a person that possessed no fault in the current grievanceThe phrase means to discuss something completely different from the subject in hand or to be confused as to the expected responseIf you are a dog, and you are chasing a squirrel or other tree-climbing animal, you follow them to the tree and bark at them. If you bark up the wrong tree, you are barking at nothing, so the idiom means you are on the wrong track; you are making a fuss at the wrong person or over the wrong thing.You are barking up the wrong tree ... when you have come to the wrong conclusion. You need to look at the situation and look at other options...You hear people say that someone involved in a misdirected enterprise is "barking up the wrong tree."This surely arises from the days when it was common to hunt with a dog. The dog would "tree a squirrel" or raccoon or whatever and bark energetically looking up from the base of the tree. It is a common enough occurrence now that dogs chase squirrels or cats or whatever and then sit at the base of a tree barking. But, in a forest, the squirrel or raccoon can change trees and the dog will still focus on the tree where the dog thinks the squirrel was last seen and so remain, "barking up the wrong tree."The idiom implies the person "barking up the wrong tree" is taking action in a direction that is completely wrong to achieve a goal. "If he thinks he is going to get the promotion by wearing a new suit, he is barking up the wrong tree."Misguided assumption, on the wrong track, wrong course of action
What are the release dates for Arrest and Trial - 2000 Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
Arrest and Trial - 2000 Barking Up the Wrong Tree was released on: USA: November 2000
Is barking up the wrong tree a metaphor?
No, it is an idiom because it doesn't seem to mean anything unless you know the meaning.
What does barking up the wrong tree?
Making a mistake or a false assumption in something you are trying to achieve.If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way.it means she has placed the source of her dissatisfaction on the wrong person...a person that possessed no fault in the current grievanceThe phrase means to discuss something completely different from the subject in hand or to be confused as to the expected responseIf you are a dog, and you are chasing a squirrel or other tree-climbing animal, you follow them to the tree and bark at them. If you bark up the wrong tree, you are barking at nothing, so the idiom means you are on the wrong track; you are making a fuss at the wrong person or over the wrong thing.You are barking up the wrong tree ... when you have come to the wrong conclusion. You need to look at the situation and look at other options...You hear people say that someone involved in a misdirected enterprise is "barking up the wrong tree."This surely arises from the days when it was common to hunt with a dog. The dog would "tree a squirrel" or raccoon or whatever and bark energetically looking up from the base of the tree. It is a common enough occurrence now that dogs chase squirrels or cats or whatever and then sit at the base of a tree barking. But, in a forest, the squirrel or raccoon can change trees and the dog will still focus on the tree where the dog thinks the squirrel was last seen and so remain, "barking up the wrong tree."The idiom implies the person "barking up the wrong tree" is taking action in a direction that is completely wrong to achieve a goal. "If he thinks he is going to get the promotion by wearing a new suit, he is barking up the wrong tree."Misguided assumption, on the wrong track, wrong course of action
What does the idiom she's baking up the wrong tree means?
The expression is barking up the wrong tree surely? I guess it refers to dogs chasing after some creature or person who has climbed up a tree - elswhere?If you are barking up the wrong tree, you are complaining or arguing about the wrong subject; you are making a big noise over the wrong thing.
Why do the forresters trap the baxters dogs?
barking up the wrong tree
The expression He's barking up the wrong tree is an example of what?
An idiom
What is the idiom of she's barking UP the wrong Tree?
A mistake or false
Why couldn't the dog get the apple?
Cause it was barking up the wrong tree
What are the release dates for Moesha - 1996 Barking Up the Wrong Tree 4-11?
Moesha - 1996 Barking Up the Wrong Tree 4-11 was released on: USA: 26 January 1999
