كيف تنطق "cannot see the forest for the trees"

expression

KAN-ot see thuh FAWR-ist fer thuh TREEZ

kuh-NOT see thuh FOR-ist faw thuh TREEZ

التعريف

Used when someone is so focused on small details that they fail to see the bigger or more important picture.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈkænɑt/, /kəˈnɑt/ /ˈsi/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈfɔɹəst/, /ˈfɔɹɪst/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtɹiz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

kəˈnɑt/ /sˈiː/ /ðə, ði/ /fˈɒɹɪst/ /fˈɔː/ /ðə, ði/ /tɹˈiːz

أمريكي

KAN-ot see thuh FAWR-ist fer thuh TREEZ

بريطاني

kuh-NOT see thuh FOR-ist faw thuh TREEZ

Sometimes people cannot see the forest for the trees and forget why they started a project.

If you cannot see the forest for the trees, you might miss the main idea of the book.

She spends so much time on small tasks, she cannot see the forest for the trees.

"You’re worrying over that comma again? Don’t cannot see the forest for the trees!"