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can't see the forest for the trees

Translations

за деревьями леса не видеть

Someone can't see the forest for the trees when they focus too much on details.

Кто-то не видит леса за деревьями, когда слишком сильно сосредотачивается на деталях.

Definitions

This phrase means to be so involved in the details of a situation that one loses sight of the overall context or larger picture.

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