Examples of 'wood for the trees' in a sentence
Meaning of "wood for the trees"
wood for the trees - This phrase is a variation of the idiom 'can't see the wood for the trees,' which means to be unable to see the bigger picture because of a focus on small details or issues. It implies losing sight of the overall perspective. For example, 'Sometimes we get so caught up in the details that we can't see the wood for the trees.'
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wood for the trees
Seeing the wood for the trees.
Wood for the trees.
Can not see the wood for the trees.
He does periodic infatuation with girls too starstruck to see the wood for the trees.
I can see the wood for the trees.
Some feel that it is increasingly difficult to see the wood for the trees.
He could not see the wood for the trees.
We therefore do not want a situation where you can not see the wood for the trees.
I could not see the wood for the trees.
I fear that this will mean that we will not see the wood for the trees.
We could not see the wood for the trees.
However, to single out reporters and channels is to miss the wood for the trees.
Let's not lose the wood for the trees.
The Commission appears to be unable to see the wood for the trees.
We must not fail to see the wood for the trees.
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The trouble is that Mr Belder can not see the wood for the trees.
You do not always see the wood for the trees.
Under pressure, you do not always see the wood for the trees.
You just can not see the wood for the trees.
If not, we fear that we will no longer see the wood for the trees.
However, we must not miss the wood for the trees.
I have said that St. Francis deliberately did not see the wood for the trees.
To do so would be to miss the wood for the trees.
In the MFF negotiations, EU leaders simply could not see the wood for the trees.
We will often be unable to see the wood for the trees.
What with 40 million dead, we have not been able to see the wood for the trees.
They literally can not see the wood for the trees.
But, as my grandfather said, ‘ sometimes you can not see the wood for the trees.
Blessed she who clearly sees the wood for the trees.
Rapporteur . - ( ES ) Mr President, sometimes we can not see the wood for the trees.
Do not get so you can not see the wood for the trees.
I do not think that you can see the wood for the trees.
However, it was hard to see the wood for the trees.
At present, we can not see the wood for the trees.
In other words, they cannot see the wood for the trees.
It means that sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees.
And as for forests, you could not see the wood for the trees.
Your brain 's so addled you can not see the wood for the trees.
Back then I couldn't see the wood for the trees.
Your brain is so addled, you can't see the wood for the trees.
But, in the process, RBI missed the wood for the trees.
All well and good . However, we must not miss the wood for the trees.
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