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not see the forest for the trees stresses
	⇒ not see the wood for the trees; one can't see the forest for the trees
idiom.	не видеть всей картины, слишком много думая о её деталях (US cambridge.org Shabe); не видеть леса за деревьями (nosorog)
idiom., explan.	упускать главное из-за внимания к мелочам (Yeldar Azanbayev)
English thesaurus
not see the forest for the trees
idiom.	to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it; be unable to get a general understanding of a situation because you are too worried about the details