Sentences with phrase «seeing the wood for the trees all»

Vision is essential, but sometimes it can be hard to see the wood for the trees.

When analysts have too much data, there's a danger they won't see the wood for the trees.»

Having got lost in a thicket of detail, industry specialists end up not seeing the wood for the trees.

Pity this stuck up blogger as she is probably so absorbed in her «perfect» world she can't actually see the wood for the trees.

that's my point @Ozzy AFC has his management of AFC been too long, it's like we can no longer see the wood for the trees at Arsenal.

I have no doubt that AW and his staff are working on this continuously, but are hampered by the media who would love him and them to fail, as well as elements of the supporters who, possibly, can not see the wood for the trees.

Now I and others like me hope that the board / owner can see the wood for the trees, but I doubt this very much as it is mainly dollar or pound signs that fill their eyes.

Being there twenty one years brings only stagnation, he fails to see the wood for the trees so to speak.

Sometimes people can not see the wood for the trees, and by that I mean just because we can not see an instantly available replacement, does NOT mean we can not criticise AW.

Think this business about Ozil «winning tough tackles etc» is making you guys not see the wood for the trees.

The fact that you don't agree clearly shows you can't see the wood for the trees.

Yeo can not see the wood for the trees.

Yeo's involvement prevents him from being able to see the wood for the trees, but he is clearly comfortable with his own investments.

The fruitless search for the cause of the increase in illiteracy is a tragic example of the aphorism: «They can't see the wood for the trees».

Fred Pearce describes approaches to Garrett Hardin's «tragedy of the commons» that can't see the wood for the trees (11...

I focused on histamine for so long I wasn't seeing the wood for the trees.

Before, I couldn't see the wood for the trees!

The immense popularity of denim doesn't make it any easier to find the perfect pair in fact, the crowded landscape can make it rather difficult to see the wood for the trees.

The truth is, in a world where we are all told we are owed and should have and are entitled to everything — it can be almost impossible to see the wood for the trees for men and women when it comes to choosing the spouse that God would have them marry.

If you make a film about logging, you better be sure the audience can see the wood for the trees.

In this regard, while the debate about green infrastructure continues apace, some might argue that in failing to focus on the manageable indoor pollution threat, we are failing to see the wood for the trees.

Except here it's that whopping additional spec that makes it difficult to see the wood for the trees.

Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees.

Joy is a typical teenager, so tied up in her own problems that she can't see the wood for the trees.

The phrase can't see the wood for the trees is most often used in a reflective situation framed by the word «I didn't, or «we couldn't», rather than «we can't» or «we don't», because it's generally only after we mess something up beyond repair that we realise we were focussing on a small and perhaps unimportant element of a larger whole the entire time.

The raw specs reveal numbers seemingly light years apart, which clearly favour one console platform over the other, but it seems to me that at a more global level, people can't quite see the wood for the trees.

All this talk of a Dreamcast 2 recently may have gotten many of us all misty eyed, but perhaps we've not been seeing the wood for the trees all these years.

Note: please don't people accuse me of not seeing the wood for the trees.

Both Gavin and Judith are simply not seeing the wood for the trees — you both fail to take into account the very evident 960 - 80 year quasi periodicity in the record see Figs 5 - 9 at the latest post at

My comments about «my links» was not about you personally, more a general point about where I sit, and the endless criticisms sharing important related info / science that flies right over the top of peoples heads, especially intelligent PhDs who can not see the wood for the trees and have little holistic vision (imho).

Their many equations overwhelm the reader and make it hard to see the wood for the trees.

The modelers approach is analogous to looking at a pointillist painting from 6 inches — they simply can't see the wood for the trees or the pattern for the dots.

But arguing with me about it — especially without understanding the nature of the proposal — is not seeing the wood for trees.

You need a sense of humour, the ability to stay calm in the most stressful of circumstances (whether that is a client facing prison or a company facing regulatory intervention), the ability to see the wood for the trees and not be distracted by irrelevant information and never to be scared to stand up for your client and to fight their corner.

Confidence in and a good collaboration with a legal expert in those matters can help them see the wood for the trees.

Often we get so used to our jobs that we can't see the wood for the trees.

The old saying «Can't see the wood for the trees.»

Not exact matches

For instance, they can use a corer to extract a thin cylinder of wood (without hurting the tree), or use a saw to take a slice of a branch.

Visit your local stationers and see if they can print your invites on recycled paper, or check out websites like Paper Culture, which prints invites on post-consumer waste and wood alternatives — and plants a tree for every order they receive!

with so many longueurs, meandering repetitions and futile flashbacks, you will easily find yourself drifting, no longer seeing the trees for all the wood - and wooden acting.

In the late summer I'm loooking for signs that our monsoon rains will arrive, in the fall and spring I look for freezing temps that will affect my garden, in the winter I'm seeing if I need to bring in wood for the stove, and in early summer, I'm keeping an eye on high temperatures and winds that will dry out my trees and garden quickly.

But when the company took me around its U.S. mills, the wood I saw piled in timber yards ready for turning into pellets was mostly tree trunks six meters or more long.

For example, most tree trimming companies own ladders, saws, wood chippers, and other equipment that they transport to customers» locations.

Wood shutters, seen here in custom fit for French doors, are made from the wood of rapid - growth trees, making them an excellent eco-friendly option for any room.

Your supplies will include; branched wood, tree saw, wood screws, a thick wood piece for the base and a drill.