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EXPRESSIONS
bark
up the wrong tree QUOTE
"I think the police are barking up the wrong tree by suspecting John.He has got a cast-iron alibi."
MEANING
You bark up the wrong tree when you direct your efforts in the wrong direction or when you have the wrong idea about something.
CATEGORY
colloquial, idiom
SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS IN FRENCH:
The french equivalent is "se tromper", "suivre une fausse piste".
USE
You can use this expression safely.
FOLLOW-UP
Here is another one with the word "tree" :
phrase : "out of one's tree"
quote : "He's out of his tree."
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QUOTE from The NEW YORK TIMES :
" 'I got that done in honour of you Bertie,' one of them said, baring her midriff to show off a freshly pierced navel."
- A Prime Minister with a smile, by Warren Hoge.
MEANING
If you have a bare midriff, your belly or stomach is unveiled or uncovered and everyone can see your navel. Baring one's midriff consists in uncovering one's stomach belly by uplifting the bottom of one's T-shirt, for example.
USE
You can use this expression safely.
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- The French for "baring one's midriff" is " se découvrir le ventre" ( Christophe Gauquelin, ERP Oissel, TMAC 2)
- In French the expression means "montrer son ventre". (Chantal Perrin, ERP Oissel CAB2)
FOLLOW-UP
The words tummy, belly, stomach, abdomen are near synonyms, they practically mean the same thing.
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QUOTE
"She blew a lengthy and loud raspberry."
MEANING
To blow a rasperry is to make a contemptuous noise with the tongue and lips (putting your tongue out and blowing),or a gesture indicating dislike, derision or disapproval. Blowing a person a raspberry, is intended to insult or to make fun of that person. For example, you may blow someone a raspberry if a person annoys you,says silly things, or simply because you want to show that person that you dislike him or her.
USE & CATEGORY
* Slang expression.
NB Although you can use words and sounds to blow someone a raspberry,you can also use body language in order to do it, eg pointing at your head with index is indicating silliness.
SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS IN FRENCH :
Faire pfft! (to blow a raspberry)
Envoyer paître, *envoyer chier (to blow s.o. a raspberry)
FOLLOW-UP
Here is another one with the word "raspberry" :
phrase : "to get the /a raspberry from s.o."
quote : "After getting the raspberry from Helen, he no longer talked to her."
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