Bark up the wrong tree：怪错人了，找错目标了

Bark是指犬吠，所以这个俗语跟狗有关。来源很简单，打猎的时候通常猎人都会派出猎犬跟踪猎物。猎犬跟踪猎物，来到一棵树下，猎物会爬树，但是猎犬不会，所以只能对着树大声喊叫，认定猎物在这棵树上，但是猎物实际上已经顺着这棵树的树枝爬到另外一棵树上了。

例句： Jason was barking up the wrong tree when he said I was the one that ate his cookies after he left the room; it was actually his dog.杰森说我在他离开房间后吃了他的曲奇，他找错人了，实际上，是他的狗吃掉了曲奇。◇

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