Barking up the wrong tree!?!?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2002 5:18 am
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Dear Friends,
I wonder if this exchange got angry because of a misunderstanding of idiom?
Shukri did you interpret the phrase "barking up the wrong tree" to mean Sara
was calling you a dog?! Soroush has often brought up the problems of
understanding that can arise when English is not someone's first language.
"Barking up the wrong tree" has a casual, slightly humorous connotation in
English. It simply means "looking in the wrong place."
Best wishes,
Charlotte
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Dear Friends,
I wonder if this exchange got angry because of a misunderstanding of idiom?
Shukri did you interpret the phrase "barking up the wrong tree" to mean Sara
was calling you a dog?! Soroush has often brought up the problems of
understanding that can arise when English is not someone's first language.
"Barking up the wrong tree" has a casual, slightly humorous connotation in
English. It simply means "looking in the wrong place."
Best wishes,
Charlotte
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