forest/wood, trees

can't see the wood for the trees UK AND AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH (US can't see the forest for the trees)
to be unable to understand a situation clearly because you are too involved in it

not see the wood for the trees UK (US not see the forest for the trees)
to be unable to get a general understanding of a situation because you are too worried about the details



可知美國作品
見樹又見林(The Forest and the Trees)

Allan G. Johnson/著《見樹又見林：社會學作為一種生活、實踐與承諾》The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise; 譯者：成令方、林鶴玲、吳嘉苓;，台北：群學出版社2001

• can't see the wood for the trees
• not see the wood for the trees