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“Barking Up the Wrong Tree” · meaning of the expression

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Your new ahaTo pursue a mistaken course of action

Barking Up the Wrong Tree — idiom: If you suspect Jo took it, you're barking up the wrong tree. Source: Wiktionary: barking up the wrong tree ↗

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