Question

You are really barking up the wrong tree Simile Pun Cliche Personification I'm leaning towards cliche

Answer 1

Let us define the choices first. There are two figures of speech here: Simile and Personification. Simile is relating two things that are in some way, the same while personification is assigning the person’s qualities to something non-living.  Cliché is using something (a word, phrase, idea, etc) again and again until it loses its meaning and a pun (or paronomasia) makes a play on words by using words with double meanings or homonyms. With respect to their meanings, ‘barking up the wrong tree’ is a personification. If we likened the phrase with an example, A person is getting angry on the wrong person.

Answer 2

Cliché Is The Correct Answer