From ‘stealing one’s thunder’ to ‘letting the cat out the bag,’ the English language has the most peculiar and baffling phrases that lead you to wonder… who came up with these phrases?! Well, get ready for the strangest history lesson of your life. Somehow, the origins of these phrases are, believe it or not, even weirder than the phrases themselves and can be traced as far back to Ancient Greek superstition and Medieval European cuisine…
[post_page_title]”Barking up the wrong tree”[/post_page_title]
The phrase “barking up the wrong tree” is used to describe following the incorrect course, or making a wrong decision. The expression originates from the early 1800s in America, when it was popular to hunt accompanied with a pack of dogs.
Initially, the saying was used in quite a literal context – when animals such as raccoons would shrewdly fool the dogs into thinking they were in a particular tree, when they had, in fact, escaped. The end result? The dogs would be barking at the base of the wrong tree.
