To be so concerned with specifics or details that the larger problem, situation or point is missed. Alternate: can’t see the woods for the trees. Often said incorrectly as “can’t see the forest THROUGH the trees.”
To be so concerned with specifics or details that the larger problem, situation or point is missed. Alternate: can’t see the woods for the trees. Often said incorrectly as “can’t see the forest THROUGH the trees.”