If I had to tell someone that they are searching for something (could be objects or answers to a question) in the wrong place, what idiom could be useful?
Learn English – What could be an idiom describing the action of looking for something in the wrong place
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Best Answer
Bark up the wrong tree: can be used in that sense:
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