"bark up the wrong tree" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 找錯目標
• 搞錯對象

Definition

如果你「找錯目標」，說明你把注意力放錯地方，或者怪錯了人。意思就是你的努力方向不對。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個非正式的俚語，用來提醒別人搞錯了方向。常見於口語，不要在正式或學術文章使用。後面常會說出正確的重點。

Examples

If you think I broke the window, you're barking up the wrong tree.

如果你覺得是我打破了窗戶，你**找錯目標了**。

She is barking up the wrong tree by blaming her brother for the lost keys.

她把丟鑰匙的責任歸咎於她哥哥，其實她**搞錯對象了**。

Don't bark up the wrong tree; I know nothing about this.

別**找錯目標**了；我對這事一無所知。

You keep asking me, but you're barking up the wrong tree. Try talking to Mark instead.

你一直問我，其實你**搞錯對象了**。去問馬克吧。

If you're looking for someone to blame, you're definitely barking up the wrong tree.

如果你想找人背鍋，你肯定**找錯目標了**。

My teacher said I was barking up the wrong tree by spending hours memorizing instead of understanding.

老師說我一直死記硬背，其實是在**找錯目標**，應該理解內容。