Ha, I use "Can't see the wood for the trees", meaning that the trees are obscuring the view of the wood that I'm told is obvious to see, but is actually what the trees are made of.
I also commonly reverse it ("can't see the trees for the wood") to mean that I'm too engrossed in the detail to see the big picture. Interesting.
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Date: 2013-10-21 09:12 pm (UTC)I also commonly reverse it ("can't see the trees for the wood") to mean that I'm too engrossed in the detail to see the big picture. Interesting.