"le nez dans le guidon" meaning in French

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          "english": "to be so caught up in something that one can't see the wood for the trees, to lose perspective",
          "text": "avoir le nez dans le guidon, être le nez dans le guidon",
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        "so focused on what one's doing that one becomes unaware of one's surroundings and oblivious to anything else, that one can no longer see the bigger picture"
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        "(informal, figuratively) so focused on what one's doing that one becomes unaware of one's surroundings and oblivious to anything else, that one can no longer see the bigger picture"
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        {
          "word": "lever le nez du guidon"
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        {
          "word": "prendre de la distance"
        },
        {
          "word": "prendre du recul"
        },
        {
          "word": "tête baissée"
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        {
          "word": "ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez"
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        {
          "word": "la tête dans le guidon"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lə ne dɑ̃ l(ə) ɡi.dɔ̃/"
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  "word": "le nez dans le guidon"
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