Sentence examples of "bark up the wrong tree" in English

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If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time. Si dejamos que nuestro poder de razonamiento sea ofuscado por nuestras emociones, le estaríamos ladrando al árbol equivocado todo el tiempo.

Looks like we barked up the wrong tree. Parece que le ladramos al árbol equivocado.

I think Tom has been barking up the wrong tree. Creo que Tom está descortezando el árbol equivocado.

You're barking up the wrong tree. Le estás ladrando al árbol equivocado.

He picked up the wrong hat by mistake. Por error, cogió el sombrero equivocado.

You've got the wrong number. Tienes el número equivocado.

Thank you for clearing up the misunderstanding. Gracias por esclarecer el malentendido.

You're going in the wrong direction. Van en la dirección equivocada.

Tom is going up the stairs. Tom va subiendo las escaleras.

We came fearfully close to the Sun's orbit because we launched from the wrong side of Mercury. Nosotros estuvimos aterradoramente cerca de la órbita del sol porque despegamos del lado incorrecto de Mercurio.

Students of English often mix up the words 'lie' and 'lay'. Los estudiantes de inglés a menudo mezclan las palabras 'lie' y 'lay'.

Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise. Nada puede pillar por sorpresa a un estadounidense. A menudo se ha dicho que la palabra "imposible" no era francesa. Obviamente, la gente miró en el diccionario equivocado. En Estados Unidos, todo es fácil, todo es simple y las dificultades mecánicas se solucionan antes de surgir.

I persuaded him to give up the idea. Lo convencí para que abandonara la idea.

I am afraid you have the wrong number. Me temo que se equivocó de número.

She quickly went up the stairs. Ella subió rápido por la escalera.

Tom got off at the wrong station. Tom se bajó en la estación equivocada.

We went halfway up the mountain. Subimos hasta la mitad de la montaña.

He is entirely in the wrong. Él está completamente equivocado.

Tom ran up the stairs. Tom subió corriendo las escaleras.

You must admit that you are in the wrong. Tienes que admitir que estás equivocado.

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