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What's your country's "your barking at the wrong tree" (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by 0_0j@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My $10 says there will be variants of this catchy phrase. (Help me win this)

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[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Similar ones would be:
"You're standing on the hose" (you're very close to finding the solution but you just can't)
"You're bridling the horse from behind" (You're looking at the problem the wrong way)
"The other way around it becomes a shoe" (same as above)