كيف تنطق "not able to see the forest for the trees"

expression

NAHT AY-buhl TOO see THUH FAW-rist fer THUH TREEZ

NOT AY-buhl too see THUH FOR-ist faw THUH TREEZ

التعريف

To focus too much on small details and miss the overall important situation.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈnɑt/ /ˈeɪbəɫ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈsi/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈfɔɹəst/, /ˈfɔɹɪst/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtɹiz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

nˈɒt/ /ˈeɪbəl/ /tˈuː/ /sˈiː/ /ðə, ði/ /fˈɒɹɪst/ /fˈɔː/ /ðə, ði/ /tɹˈiːz

أمريكي

NAHT AY-buhl TOO see THUH FAW-rist fer THUH TREEZ

بريطاني

NOT AY-buhl too see THUH FOR-ist faw THUH TREEZ

Sometimes, people are not able to see the forest for the trees.

If you focus too much on details, you might be not able to see the forest for the trees.

My teacher said I am not able to see the forest for the trees in my essay.

He worries so much about minor mistakes that he's not able to see the forest for the trees.