Bark up a tree

It means talking incessantly and or to anyone and anything, e.g. girls/guysbwho don't reply, celebrities (via social media) who don't even know if your existence.
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"That guy never stops talking. He could bark up a tree."

Original coinage:

*replies to 5 story posts with paragraphs, receives only an emoji reaction*
"I could bark up a tree *country accent*"

by Prajna_Disciple May 5, 2024

Go-Fuck-Up-A-Tree

Phrase

When your mother, in a fit of frustration or mild annoyance, advises you to "go fuck up a tree." It's a whimsical way of suggesting you redirect your energy elsewhere or find a harmless outlet for any mischievous tendencies or is it?

"Mom feeling a bit overwhelmed with my dumbass behaviour, tells me to go-fuck-up-a-tree.

by * Boi with his dumb kids January 1, 2024

barking up the wrong tree

Picking the wrong person, the most unlikely person, to do, listen, or accept something.

You're barking up the wrong tree if you think I want to become religious and go to church.

by Libertine October 10, 2005

sleeping up in the tree

verb.
Escape an enemy by any means necessary, like in this case - "sleep on trees" in order not to get seen, not to get focused in the line of sight of an enemy

"..Drunk like thieves, take it just like the breeze,
Now look at all the clowns there, sleeping up in the trees.."
© Warcloud - "Mad Axes"

by ghostrida October 14, 2005

Feeling up the old tree

When an elderly person feels up their penis and/or jack off.

I think that man over there is 'feeling up the old tree'.

by An old man in a secret dungeon April 3, 2011

light it up like a christmas tree

Phrase commonly used in the military for blowing the hell out of an enemy position. Plenty of bombs, missles, bullets etc.

They need to go into North Korea and light it up like a christmas tree.

by Kevin February 12, 2007

Lit up like a Christmas tree

Being shot a lot in just a few seconds

Person one: *getting shot at in the gulag* Jeez I’m getting lit up like a Christmas tree!

by War zone boi December 2, 2020