お門かど違ちがい

noun

barking up the wrong tree; misdirected effort or complaint

Idiomatic expression meaning one's criticism, request, or action is directed at the wrong person or place. Often used in the phrase お門違いだ to point out a mistake in targeting.

See also: 門違い

• 私わたしに文もん句くを言いうのはお門かど違ちがいだよ。

  Complaining to me is barking up the wrong tree.

• 彼かれの怒いかりはお門かど違ちがいだった。

  His anger was misdirected.