Sentence examples of "Barking" in English

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Listen, I think that you are barking up the wrong tree here. Écoute, je crois que là, tu fais fausse route.
The police are investigating my brother for the murder but they're barking up the wrong tree. La police enquête sur mon frère pour le meurtre, mais ils se trompent de crèmerie.
His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree; she was a mother of two tots. Ses vains efforts pour la séduire montrèrent qu'il sonnait à la mauvaise adresse ; elle était la mère de deux bambins.
If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time. Si nous laissions nos émotions éclipser notre capacité à raisonner, nous nous retrouverions sans cesse à chercher des solutions aux mauvais problèmes.
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