| English | Russian |
| an apple off another tree | совсем другое дело (Bobrovska) |
| bark up the wrong tree | не там искать виновного (4uzhoj) |
| bark up the wrong tree | обвинять не того, кого следует (If you think I'm the guilty person, you're barking up the wrong tree.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | несправедливо обвинять |
| bark up the wrong tree | понапрасну тратить своё время (waste one's efforts by pursuing the wrong thing or path, as in: If you think I can come up with more money, you're barking up the wrong tree . • You're barking up the wrong tree if you think Sam can help you. • If you think I'm the guilty person, you're barking up the wrong tree.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | совершить ошибку (to make the wrong choice: I barked up the wrong tree when I applied to such good colleges with my average grades.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | обратиться не к тому человеку (to attempt or pursue a futile course of action, often by making some kind of suggestion or request: If you think I'll help you cheat, you're definitely barking up the wrong tree.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | искать не там, где надо (If you think I'm the guilty person, you're barking up the wrong tree. 4uzhoj) |
| bark up the wrong tree | смотреть не в ту сторону (в смысле "не там искать виновного": People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | ошибаться адресом (Kydex) |
| bark up the wrong tree | направлять действия не в ту сторону (В.И.Макаров) |
| bark up the wrong tree | быть на ложном пути (Can't help thinking that they are on the right track and it's we who are barking up the wrong tree.  ldoceonline.com) |
| bark up the wrong tree | напасть на ложный след (В.И.Макаров) |
| bark up the wrong tree | обращаться не по адресу (В.И.Макаров) |
| bark up the wrong tree | направить свои усилия не на то |
| bark up the wrong tree | искать не там (особ. виновного или виноватого) |
| bark up the wrong tree | обратиться не по адресу (to attempt or pursue a futile course of action, often by making some kind of suggestion or request: If you think I'll help you cheat, you're definitely barking up the wrong tree.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | идти по ложному следу (to follow the wrong course: The police spent three months barking up the wrong tree on the murder investigation.) |
| bark up the wrong tree | направлять свои усилия не в то русло (4uzhoj) |
| be out of someone's tree | сойти с ума (Kugelblitz) |
| be out of someone's tree | рехнуться (Lily Snape) |
| be out of someone's tree | с дуба рухнуть (When I mention this to McCartney, and remind him of exactly what was said, he starts laughing. "I love this guy," he says. "He's totally out of his tree." Lily Snape) |
| be out of someone's tree | совершить безрассудный поступок (Kugelblitz) |
| have fallen out of the ugly tree | быть страшнее атомной войны (and hit every branch on the way down Andrey Truhachev) |
| nail jelly to a tree | пытаться добиться невозможного (Andrey Truhachev) |
| nail jelly to a tree | пытаться сделать что-то нереальное (Andrey Truhachev) |
| nail jelly to a tree | пытаться осуществить неосуществимое (Andrey Truhachev) |
| nail jelly to a tree | пытаться сделать невозможное (Andrey Truhachev) |
| nail jelly to a tree | пытаться совершить невозможное (Andrey Truhachev) |
| not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | не самый умный (Val_Ships) |
| out of tree | выжить из ума (yuliyagrinenko) |
| the apple doesn't fall far from the tree | человек рождает себе подобных (Liv Bliss) |
