Re: Can't see the wood for the trees

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From: Lothar Beyer
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:47

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Peter Moylan (peter@fourier.newcastle.edu.au) wrote:

: Since then I've been told that the expression exists in French
: (which I didn't know, although I have a moderately good
: knowledge of French); in Japanese; and possibly also in Chinese.

In German, too. 
"den Wald vor lauter Baeumen nicht sehen". Unfortunately I don't
know how old this expression is in German.

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Subject: Re: Can't see the wood for the trees
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Date: 7 Sep 1995 12:47:34 GMT
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