"miss the woods for the trees" meaning in All languages combined

See miss the woods for the trees on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: misses the woods for the trees [present, singular, third-person], missing the woods for the trees [participle, present], missed the woods for the trees [participle, past], missed the woods for the trees [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} miss the woods for the trees (third-person singular simple present misses the woods for the trees, present participle missing the woods for the trees, simple past and past participle missed the woods for the trees)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: cannot see the forest for the trees
    Sense id: en-miss_the_woods_for_the_trees-en-verb-kZ6wSWTo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for miss the woods for the trees meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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