can't see the forest for the trees

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can't see the forest for the trees
focus so much on the details so as not to be able to see the big picture


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can't see the forest for the trees
I am so close that I cannot see the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see the forest for the trees.


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