Barking Up The Wrong Tree. She thinks it'll solve the problem, but i think she's barking up the wrong tree. He was no where near the crime scene.
Barking up a wrong tree. To follow the wrong course. To make the wrong choice; She is barking up the wrong tree if she thinks he will settle down and stop playing the field.
They should focus on the solutions instead.
To be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something: Does it think about putting bark on tree or taking it off? 5) the government is barking up the wrong tree when it thinks that posting more speed limit signs will control people driving faster than the speed limit. The origin of the idiom 'barking up the wrong tree' dates back to early 1800s america, when hunting with packs of dogs was very popular.
