Question 1

How do native speakers pronounce "barking up the wrong tree" in English?

Accepted Answer

In natural English speech, "barking up the wrong tree" appears in contexts such as: "I'll be moderating today's Talk at Google with our very special guest, Eric Barker. Eric's first bestseller, "Barking Up the Wrong Tree-- The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success is Wrong," is about the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and, most importantly, how anyone can achieve it.". You can listen to the exact timestamped audio clip in the accompanying video.

Question 2

Where can I hear "barking up the wrong tree" used in a real sentence?

Accepted Answer

Our pronunciation database found 2 conversational video occurrences of "barking up the wrong tree" with real-time synchronized transcripts and full surrounding sentence context.

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How to pronounce “barking up the wrong tree” in English

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