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can't see the forest for the trees

I am so close that I cannot see the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see the forest for the trees.

money doesn't grow on trees

money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""

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not able to see the forest for the trees

Idiom(s): not able to see the forest for the trees

Theme: PERCEPTION

allowing many details of a problem to obscure the problem as a whole. (Not able to is often expressed as can't.)
• The solution is obvious. You missed it because you can't see the forest for the trees.
• She suddenly realized that she hadn't been able to see the forest for the trees.

Can't see the forest for its trees

If someone can't see the forest for its trees, they are too focused on specific details to see the picture as a whole.

Forest for the trees

(USA) If someone can't see the forest for the trees, they get so caught up in small details that they fail to understand the bigger picture.

Money doesn`t grow on trees

This means that you have to work to earn money; it doesn't come easily or without effort.

Wood for the trees

(UK) If someone can't see the wood for the trees, they get so caught up in small details that they fail to understand the bigger picture.

can't see the wood for the trees|can't see the for

v. phr. To be unable to judge or understand the whole because of attention to the parts; criticize small things and not see the value or the aim of the future achievement. Teachers sometimes notice language errors and do not see the good ideas in a composition; they cannot see the woods for the trees. The voters defeated a bond issue for the new school because they couldn't see the forest for the trees; they thought of their taxes rather than of their children's education. We should think of children's growth in character and understanding more than of their little faults and misdeeds; some of us can't see the wood for the trees.