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Can’t see the forest for the trees

DEFINITION

Missing the big picture while concentrating on the small details. (Compare to Short sighted.)

“The manager’s attentionĀ  to the mistakes of his staff makes him blind to the bottom line, he can’t see the forest for the trees.”

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