be on the wrong track/tack

WRONG/INCORRECTto have the wrong idea about a situation so that you are unlikely to get the result you want 〔思考时〕方向错误/路子不对头

Examples from the Corpus

be on the wrong track/tack• He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.• I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.• I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.

→ be on the wrong track/tack at wrong1(10)

单词	be on the wrong track/tack
释义	be on the wrong track/tack be on the wrong track/tack WRONG/INCORRECTto have the wrong idea about a situation so that you are unlikely to get the result you want 〔思考时〕方向错误/路子不对头 Examples from the Corpus be on the wrong track/tack• He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.• I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.• I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river. → be on the wrong track/tack at wrong1(10)
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