on the wrong tack

Idioms  

1. Also, on the wrong track. See under on the right tack.

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Example Sentences

Are the imitators of Picasso also on the wrong tack?

From Time Magazine Archive

While scientific men, led by Liebig, the creator of the chemical theory of agriculture, often got on the wrong tack in their love of mere theories, unlettered agriculturists opened up new roads to prosperity.

From The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

If it's a tip you're after, you're on the wrong tack, mate.

From Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones by Wilson, H. Mary

Hartley spoke confidently, evidently believing that Frank was on the wrong tack.

From The Telegraph Boy by Alger, Horatio

Put your helm down, miss, and go about; you and your likes are on the wrong tack.

From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard