barking up the wrong tree in a sentence
Barking up the wrong tree In other words, "if you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong."[2]
To Build a Fire The dog does not understand the situation at first, but after it catches the smell of death, it howls for a while and then trots off toward the camp, where it knows it can get food and fire.[2]