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Idiom to not see the wood for the trees
Definition to be so involved in details that you don't see what's really important
Examples - I realize now that I wasn't seeing the wood for the trees. How could I have been so blind?
- He always gets bogged down in petty arguments. It seems he can never see the wood for the trees.

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