You focus too much on details and cannot see the wood for the trees.
see the wood for the trees
idiomAlternative form of see the forest for the trees.
The project is so complicated that it is hard to see the wood for the trees and find a simple solution.
By obsessing over minor administrative errors, the manager failed to see the wood for the trees regarding the company's overall decline.
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charm the birds from the trees
To behave in a very charming manner.
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for all the world to see
in plain view; clearly visible
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give someone wood
To cause someone to have an erection, usually due to sexual arousal.
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I see, said the blind man
Expressing confusion.
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I'd like to see someone try
Expressing a threat or challenge to someone.
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kill trees
To use paper.
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knock on wood
To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
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lay the wood
to deliver a strong, powerful hit or play