What does "You can't see the forest for the trees" mean ?
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Everybody's heard the saying "You can't see the forest for the trees" . What does that mean ? Your typical forest is made up of trees, so how can you not see the forest for the trees ?
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Answer:
Each tree blocks part of your vision until there are many trees (the forest) that you cannot see.
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Your so busy focusing on the one tree you don't realize there's a whole forest there. Like your looking with blinders on. There is so much more than what you see.
ThunderCloud
It's an analogy used to express focusing too much on the details of a situation (the Trees), and not seeing the Big Picture (the Forest). Nothing to do with actual trees and forests.
Paoolah
It means that you can't see the big picture (the forest) because you are too busy focusing on the small details (the trees).
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