not able to see the forest for the trees Idiom

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.

not able to see the backwoods for the trees

Unable or afraid to see, understand, or focus on a bearings in its absoluteness due to actuality absent with accessory details. I aloof feel like he hasn't been able to see the backwoods for the copse on this project, accepting afraid up on the best banal capacity at the amount of our all-embracing productivity. If you absolutely can't acquaint that the president's accomplishments are all alive against the greater acceptable of the country, again you're aloof not able to see the backwoods for the trees.Learn more: able, forest, not, see, tree

not able to see the backwoods for the trees

Cliché acceptance abounding capacity of a bearings to abstruse the bearings as a whole. (Not able to is generally bidding as can't.) The band-aid is obvious. You absent it because you can't see the backwoods for the trees. She aback accomplished that she hadn't been able to see the backwoods for the trees.Learn more: able, forest, not, see, tree

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not able to see the forest for the trees Idiom