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1 yanlış kapı çalmak
bark up the wrong tree, come to the wrong shop -
2 yanlış
"1. error, blunder, mistake; misstep. 2. wrong, incorrect, erroneous. 3. wrongly, incorrectly, erroneously: Beni yanlış anlama! Don´t get me wrong!/Don´t misinterpret what I´m saying. Onu yanlış tanıyorsun. You´ve got a wrong impression of her./You don´t know her as she really is. -ını çıkarmak /ın/ to find (someone´s) mistake, find where (someone) went wrong. - çıkmak to turn out to be wrong; (for a mathematical calculation) to come out wrong. -ı çıkmak /ın/ (for someone) to turn out to be wrong. - hesap Bağdat´tan döner. proverb When you discover that you´ve made a mistake, you ought always to correct it, no matter what the cost. - düşmek (for someone) to get the wrong number, have the wrong number (after dialing a telephone number). - kapı çalmak to go to the wrong person or place, bark up the wrong tree: Yanlış kapı çaldın. You´ve come to the wrong person. -ı olmak /ın/ to be mistaken: Yanlışın var. You´re mistaken. - yere by mistake." -
3 yanlış kapı çalmak
to bark up the wrong tree, to come to the wrong shop -
4 öküz
1. ox. 2. dim-witted and clumsy person, oaf, dumb ox. 3. gambler´s slang loaded die. -ün altında buzağı aramak 1. to try to account for what one is doing with ridiculous excuses. 2. to bark up the wrong tree. - arabası ox-cart. - arabası gibi very slowly, at a snail´s pace. -e boynuzu yük olmaz/ ağır gelmez. proverb You don´t feel the weight of those responsibilities which you are used to bearing. - boyunduruğa bakar gibi (looking at someone or something) with hate in one´s eyes, hatefully. - damı ox shed, shed where oxen are kept. - gibi 1. stupid, dim-witted. 2. stupidly, dim-wittedly. 3. as strong as an ox. - gibi bakmak to stare stupidly. - kafalı dimwit, dunderhead. - öldü, ortaklık ayrıldı/bitti/bozuldu. colloq. Now that the thing that held them together is no more, they have parted company. -ün trene baktığı gibi (staring) stupidly, dim-wittedly.
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bark up the wrong tree — {v. phr.}, {informal} To choose the wrong person to deal with or the wrong course of action; mistake an aim. * /If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree./ * /He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on bad… … Dictionary of American idioms
bark up the wrong tree — {v. phr.}, {informal} To choose the wrong person to deal with or the wrong course of action; mistake an aim. * /If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree./ * /He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on bad… … Dictionary of American idioms
bark up the wrong tree — To act, speak, proceed, etc under a misapprehension, mistakenly to take inappropriate action • • • Main Entry: ↑bark … Useful english dictionary
bark\ up\ the\ wrong\ tree — v. phr. informal To choose the wrong person to deal with or the wrong course of action; mistake an aim. If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree. He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on bad luck. The… … Словарь американских идиом
bark up the wrong tree — verb To do, believe, or pursue something wrong or inappropriate; to take the wrong approach; to follow a false lead; to blame or rebuke the wrong person. If youre lookin for somebody who gives half a shit about what youre sayin, youre barkin up… … Wiktionary
bark up the wrong tree — look in the wrong place, do not expect it If you expect money from him, you re barking up the wrong tree … English idioms
bark up the wrong tree — make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of that person … Idioms and examples
bark up the wrong tree — vp Make a mistake, error. If you think I m going to help you, you re barking up the wrong tree. 1830s … Historical dictionary of American slang
bark up the wrong tree — (Colloq.) Mistake, err, make a mistake, be in the wrong box, on the wrong scent, or on the wrong track … New dictionary of synonyms
bark up the wrong tree — make an error; make a claim to the incorrect person … English contemporary dictionary
bark up the wrong tree — phrasal to promote or follow a mistaken course (as in doing research) … New Collegiate Dictionary
