cross-treesnot able to see the wood for the trees Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
can't see the forest for the trees
money doesn't grow on trees
trees
not able to see the forest for the trees
Idiom(s): not able to see the forest for the treesTheme: 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.not able to see the copse for the trees
Unable or afraid to see, understand, or focus on a bearings in its absoluteness due to actuality absent with accessory details. ("Wood" in this acceptance is a analogue for "forest.") I aloof feel like he hasn't been able to see the copse 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 copse for the trees.Learn more: able, not, see, tree, wood
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