not see the wood for the trees

not see the wood for the trees
not see the wood for the trees
To fail to grasp the whole because of the superabundance of, or one's over-concentration on, detail
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not see the wood for the trees — see tree
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not see the ˌwood for the ˈtrees idiom
(BrE) (NAmE not see the ˌforest for the ˈtrees) to not see or understand the main point about sth, because you are paying too much attention to small details
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