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be barking up the wrong tree Idiom

bark up the wrong tree

make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of that person.

can't see the forest for the trees

I am so close that I cannot see the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see the forest for the trees.

easy street

an easy life, a life with lots of money to spend Win five million dollars and we'll be on easy street.

family tree

chart of ancestors, record of parents' forefathers Bo is helping me to research my family tree - my ancestors.

man in the street

the average or ordinary person According to what the man in the street is saying the government is not very popular.

money doesn't grow on trees

money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""

on easy street

having enough money to live comfortably He has been on easy street since he sold his house and invested the money.

on queer street

dizzy or stunned, not acting normal After he hit me I felt like I was on queer street - I was dazed.

out of your tree

crazy, loony, nuts, out of your mind You're out of your tree if you think I'm going sky diving.

street smarts

knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.

be barking up the amiss tree

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be barking up the amiss tree

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be barking up the amiss ˈtree

be mistaken about something: The badge are barking up the amiss timberline if they anticipate I had annihilation to do with the crime. I wasn’t alike in the country back it happened!Learn more: bark, tree, up, wrong

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be barking up the wrong tree Idiom

bark up the wrong tree

can't see the forest for the trees

easy street

family tree

man in the street

money doesn't grow on trees

on easy street

on queer street

out of your tree

street smarts

be barking up the amiss tree

be barking up the amiss tree

be barking up the amiss ˈtree

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