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Barking up the wrong tree

  • 1 equivocarse

    1 to make a mistake, be mistaken, be wrong (de dirección, camino etc) to go wrong, get wrong
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    to make a mistake, be wrong
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    VPR (=no tener razón) to be wrong, be mistaken; (=cometer un error) to make a mistake

    te equivocas, eso no es así — you're wrong o mistaken, it isn't like that

    si crees que voy a dejarte ir, te equivocas — if you think I'm going to let you go, you're wrong o mistaken

    • equivocarse con algn — to be wrong about sb

    la consideraba honesta, pero me equivoqué con ella — I thought she was honest, but I was wrong about her

    • equivocarse de algo, nos equivocamos de hora y llegamos tarde — we got the time wrong, and we arrived late

    perdone, me he equivocado de número — sorry, (I've got the) wrong number

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    (v.) = commit + error, err, mistake, make + error, bark up + the wrong tree, get + it + (all) wrong, slip up
    Ex. Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.
    Ex. Wherein had she erred? Try as she might she could think of nothing.
    Ex. A flat 'no' to a question such as 'Is this book recommended for Professor Shaw's course?' leaves uncertainty as to whether one was mistaken in the professor or in the suggestion that it was for a course.
    Ex. This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.
    Ex. The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex. There are risks in assuming that the enquirer has got it all wrong.
    Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
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    (v.) = commit + error, err, mistake, make + error, bark up + the wrong tree, get + it + (all) wrong, slip up

    Ex: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.

    Ex: Wherein had she erred? Try as she might she could think of nothing.
    Ex: A flat 'no' to a question such as 'Is this book recommended for Professor Shaw's course?' leaves uncertainty as to whether one was mistaken in the professor or in the suggestion that it was for a course.
    Ex: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.
    Ex: The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex: There are risks in assuming that the enquirer has got it all wrong.
    Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

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    ■equivocarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (confundirse, errar) to make a mistake: me equivoqué de calle, I took the wrong street
    te equivocas de persona, you've got the wrong person
    2 (estar en un error) to be mistaken: te equivocas, you are mistaken
    no te equivocas, you are right
    ' equivocarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistarse
    - patinar
    - resbalar
    - confundir
    - equivocar
    - tiro
    English:
    astray
    - blunder
    - flub
    - fluff
    - goof
    - misdiagnose
    - mistake
    - trial
    - wrong
    - err
    - safely
    - slip
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    vpr
    [estar en un error] to be wrong; [cometer un error] to make a mistake;
    yo creo que te equivocas I think you're mistaken;
    te equivocas si crees que me voy a asustar you're mistaken if you think you're going to frighten me;
    se equivocó al girar she took the wrong turning;
    te equivocas con tu profesor, no es tan mala persona you're wrong about your teacher, he's not such a bad person;
    se equivocó de nombre/puerta he got the wrong name/door;
    equivocarse de fecha/día to get the date/day wrong;
    te equivocaste de profesión, deberías haber sido actor you're in the wrong profession, you should have been an actor;
    equivocarse en algo to make a mistake in sth;
    ¿en qué nos equivocamos con él? where did we go wrong with him?;
    se equivocó en la suma she got the total wrong
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    v/r make a mistake;
    te has equivocado you are wrong o mistaken;
    equivocarse de número TELEC get the wrong number;
    equivocarse de camino take the wrong road;
    si no me equivoco if I’m not mistaken
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    vr
    : to make a mistake, to be wrong
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    1. (confundirse) to be wrong / to make a mistake
    2. (de camino, dirección, etc) to go wrong / to get wrong

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivocarse

  • 2 meter la pata

    familiar to put one's foot in it
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    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder
    Ex. The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex. All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex. She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex. She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex. In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex. She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex. Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex. He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex. Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex. After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex. But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex. Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
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    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder

    Ex: The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.

    Ex: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex: She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex: Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex: But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meter la pata

См. также в других словарях:

  • barking up the wrong tree — informal phrase doing something that will not get the result you want If you think she’s going to help you, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Thesaurus: wrong about somethingsynonym Main entry: bark * * * barking up the wrong tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • barking up the wrong tree — If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • barking up the wrong tree —    If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A person who is barking up the wrong tree is doing the wrong thing, because their… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • barking up the wrong tree — believing the wrong explanation for something. He had nothing to do with the robbery the cops are really barking up the wrong tree this time …   New idioms dictionary

  • Barking up the wrong tree —   If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • barking up the wrong tree — informal doing something that will not get the result you want If you think she s going to help you, you re barking up the wrong tree …   English dictionary

  • barking up the wrong tree —  Asking or speaking with the wrong person or with someone who has already made his or her decision …   American business jargon

  • (be) barking up the wrong tree — be barking up the wrong ˈtree idiom (informal) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth • You re barking up the wrong tree if you re expecting us to lend you any money. Main entry: ↑barkidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • be barking up the wrong tree — informal to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something. New evidence suggests that we have been barking up the wrong tree in our search for a cure …   New idioms dictionary

  • be barking up the wrong tree — ► be barking up the wrong tree informal be pursuing a mistaken line of thought or course of action. Main Entry: ↑bark …   English terms dictionary

  • barking up the wrong tree — Meaning Following a false scent. Origin Dogs bark at the bottom of trees where they think their quarry is hiding …   Meaning and origin of phrases

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