can't see the forest for the trees
 

* 1.focus so much on the details so as not to be able to see: the big picture. I am so close that I cannot see: the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see: the forest for the trees

English Related Words* a babe in the woods

* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

* a blot on the landscape

* a bolt from the blue

* a brand from the burning

* a buck of the first head

* a bun in the oven

* a cast of the eye

* a chip of the old block

* a chip off the old block

* a dog in the manger

* a drain on the resources

* a drive for funds

* a drop in the bucket

* a face like the back of a bus