CAN'T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

Meaning of CAN'T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES in English

= can't see the forest for the trees

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

CAN’T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES — see tree
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAN’T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES — see tree
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CAN'T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES — v. phr. To be unable to judge or understand the whole because of attention to the parts; criticize small things …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOOD — I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium . It is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WOOD — I. ˈwüd, ˈwōd, ˈwu̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English wod, from Old English wōd mad — more at vatic 1. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREES — plural of tree third singular of tree
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOD — wood 1 — woodless , adj. /wood/ , n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEE — I. ˈsē verb ( saw ˈsȯ ; seen ˈsēn ; see·ing ˈsē-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English seen, from Old English sēon; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOOD — vi to take or get a supply of wood. 2. wood ·noun trees cut or sawed for the fire or …
Webster English vocab
SEE — noun a seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. 2. see ·vi to be attentive; to take …
Webster English vocab
WOOD — [wood] adj [ME, fr. OE wod insane; akin to OHG wuot madness--more at vatic] (bef. 12c) archaic: violently mad [2]wood …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEE — [see] vb saw ; seen ; see.ing [ME seen, fr. OE seon; akin to OHG sehan to see and perh. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOOD — hard, fibrous substance, technically known as xylem, that is the principal strengthening and water-conducting tissue found in the stems and …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOD — / wʊd; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the hard material that the trunk and branches of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEE — / siː; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( saw / sɔː; NAmE / seen / siːn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOD — wood S2 W2 /wʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ wooded , ↑ wooden , ↑ woody …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEE — I. see 1 S1 W1 /siː/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense saw /sɔː $ sɒː/, past participle seen /siːn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOOD
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEE — v. (past saw; past part. seen) 1 tr. discern by use of the eyes; observe; look at (can you see …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOOD
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEE — v. (past saw; past part. seen) 1 tr. discern by use of the eyes; observe; look at (can you see …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOOD
Oxford English vocab
SEE — 1. v. (past saw; past part. seen) 1. tr. discern by use of the eyes; observe; look at (can you …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — I. MODAL USES /kən, STRONG kæn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOD — ( woods) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Wood is the material …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEE — ( sees, seeing, saw, seen) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coal/wood/log fire ▪ There was a coal fire in the sitting room. dead wood …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES can/can't cope ▪ Older people can't cope so well with the heat. don't expect miracles ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEE — (USE EYES) [verb] [past simple] saw, [past participle] seen - to be aware of what is around you by using …
Cambridge English vocab
WOOD — n. wood alcohol Annie Wood wood runner wood mouse Halifax Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1st earl of Johnson Robert Wood …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOOD — n. Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium . It is the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREES — • ↑ money doesn't grow on trees
Longman Activator English vocab
SEE — See ↑ FIND OUT 1, ↑ MEET 1,2, ↑ SEE 1, ↑ UNDERSTAND/NOT UNDERSTAND 1,2, ↑ WATCH 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEE — INDEX: 1. to see someone or something 2. to be able to see something, but with difficulty 3. when something …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEE — n. 25B6; verb he saw her running across the road : DISCERN, spot, notice, catch sight of, glimpse, catch/get a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TREES — terse ester
Anagrams English vocabulary
TREES — [Judaic] The trees that grow in the Garden of Eden have healing powers. The leaves give off a heavenly scent. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
WOOD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREES — деревья appraise a stand of trees ≈ таксировать древостой appraise stand of trees ≈ проводить таксацию древостоя dense stand of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — I сокр. от temperature температура II сокр. от tension напряжение; натяжение III сокр. от t - true истинный 20-я буква …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — сущ.; мн. Ts, T's двадцатая буква англ. алфавита mark with a T ист. ≈ выжигать вору клеймо в виде буквы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEE — I гл. 1) видеть; смотреть, глядеть; наблюдать see visions Syn : look, notice, observe, watch, witness, meet Ant : disregard, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREES — Дерево
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WOOD
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Slang English vocab

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