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Wrong Sow by the Ear
(You have the). You have made a mistake in
choice, come to the wrong shop or box; or misapprehended the subject.
Pigs are caught by the ear. (See Sow.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Wrong Sow by the Ear from Infoplease:
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