Missing the Trees for the Woods

Arabic translation: ينشغل بصغائر الأمور

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English term or phrase:Missing the Trees for the Woods
Arabic translation:ينشغل بصغائر الأمور
Entered by: mohamed aglan

22:54 Jan 29, 2018
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: Missing the Trees for the Woods
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Sameh Elnokaly
Egypt
Local time: 21:40
ينشغل بصغائر الأمور
Explanation:
الصيغة المنتشرة كثيرًا جدًا هي "missing the woods for the trees" يعني لا ينظر إلى الغابة بأمملها لانشغاله ببعض الأشجار
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mohamed aglan
Egypt
Local time: 21:40
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2ينشغل بصغائر الأمور
mohamed aglan
5 +1يضيع الوقت في التفاصيل وينسى جوهر المسألة
Assem AlKhallouf
5ضيق الأفق
Nema Alaraby
3 +1يركز في التفاصيل ويهمل الصورة الكلية
Ayman Massoud
4أغفلته الأشجار عن رؤية الغابة
fawwazyassin
4لا يتبين الغابة من الشَّجَر
fawwazyassin
3افتقدت الأشجار للغابة
TargamaT team


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
missing the trees for the woods
افتقدت الأشجار للغابة


Explanation:
افتقدت الأشجار للغابة

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 20:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 111
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
missing the trees for the woods
يركز في التفاصيل ويهمل الصورة الكلية


Explanation:
في الحقيقة المفروض هو:
missing the woods for the trees
not:
missing the trees for the woods

Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 7

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agree  ProZAli
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
missing the trees for the woods
ضيق الأفق


Explanation:
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Nema Alaraby
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Missing the woods for the trees
ينشغل بصغائر الأمور


Explanation:
الصيغة المنتشرة كثيرًا جدًا هي "missing the woods for the trees" يعني لا ينظر إلى الغابة بأمملها لانشغاله ببعض الأشجار


    https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-idiom-missing-the-wood-for-the-trees-mean
mohamed aglan
Egypt
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  ProZAli
1 hr

agree  Nema Alaraby
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Missing The Trees For The Woods
يضيع الوقت في التفاصيل وينسى جوهر المسألة


Explanation:
It is used a lot in business. It means that people are too busy with the details to focus on the main problem.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-01-30 13:09:29 GMT)
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وينسى / ويغفل عن / وينشغل عن

Assem AlKhallouf
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Ahmed Samir Mahmoud
13 hrs
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3 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
missing the trees for the woods
أغفلته الأشجار عن رؤية الغابة


Explanation:
The most common form of the idiom is ‘missing the wood for the trees’.


fawwazyassin
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:40
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 days 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
missing the trees for the woods
لا يتبين الغابة من الشَّجَر


Explanation:
لا يتبين الغابة من الشَّجَر
cannot see the wood for the trees


fawwazyassin
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:40
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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