Meaning:
To make a wrong assumption about something.
Examples:
- I think we're barking up the wrong tree.
- For 40 years, you've been barking up the wrong tree.
- But, uh, I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
- You're barking up the wrong tree with this one, Liliom.
- You're so barking up the wrong tree right there, my friend.
- So you, my friend, are barking up the wrong tree.
- You're barking up the wrong tree with this Ralph Twice.
- So you, my friend, are barking up the wrong tree.
- You're barking up the wrong tree in so many ways.
- We've been barking up the wrong tree the entire investigation.