Meanings (ES + gloss)
no dejar los árboles ver el bosque
To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.
It is, indeed, the principal drawback to the study of London that she is too vast—that the student is ever in danger of "not seeing the forest for the trees."
Smith is good at detail, but can't see the forest for the trees.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
miss the forest for the treesmiss the wood for the treesmiss the woods for the treessaw the forest for the treessee the forest but for the treessee the forest through the treessee the trees through the forestsee the wood for the treessee the woods for the treesseeing the forest for the treesseen the forest for the treessees the forest for the trees