 i need the origin of ( Barking up the wrong tree )
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i need to know the origin of (Barking up the wrong tree
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The allusion is to hunting dogs barking at the bottom of trees where they (mistakenly) think their quarry is hiding.
The earliest known printed citation is James Hall's, 'Legends of the West', 1833:
"You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson."
if ther i s more or at least other way to explain i hope to know.
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