miss the wood for the trees (English, verb)
expansion: miss the wood for the trees (third-person singular simple present misses the wood for the trees, present participle missing the wood for the trees, simple past and past participle missed the wood for the trees)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees.
tags: alt-of
alternative
idiomatic
Forms:
form: misses the wood for the trees
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: missing the wood for the trees
tags: participle
present
form: missed the wood for the trees
tags: participle
past
form: missed the wood for the trees
tags: past