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Korean idiom Go completely off track

번지수를 잘못 찾다 [짚다] Possible alternative: “짚다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 번지수를 잘못 찾다[짚다]
  • 번지수를 잘못 찾다
  • 번지수를 잘못 짚다 Unverified form

English rendering Go completely off track Literal translation: “Find [point to] the wrong street number”

Meaning 1

생각을 잘못 짚어 엉뚱한 방향으로 나가다.

Misjudge something and proceed in a completely wrong direction.

Dictionary example 1

번지수를 잘못 찾아도 유분수지, 어떻게 그렇게 생각할 수가 있어?

There's a limit to getting the wrong end of the stick; how could you think that?

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“번지수를 잘못 찾다” — Go completely off track: Misjudge something and proceed in a completely wrong direction.
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