Re: Can't see the wood for the trees

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From: Jan Walter
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 08:23

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In article <agurski.809900005@BIX.com>, agurski@BIX.com (agurski on BIX)
writes:
>
> mark_tbu@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Mark Morgan Lloyd ") writes:
>
> >Allowing for the fact that the expression is common in both Dutch and
> >English, I suspect it predates the USA.
>
> >Mark Morgan Lloyd
> >mark_tbu@cix.compulink.co.uk
>
> >[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or
> >colleagues]
> ----------------------------------------------
> Just as a point of information: the expression is also used in
> Norwegian (and probably Danish and Swedish). But Dutch and the
> Scandinavian languages are very closely related.


I have heard similar expressions in German and English also, but it was
more often like "Can't see the Forest for the Trees".


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From: Jan_Walter@mindlink.bc.ca (Jan Walter)
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Subject: Re: Can't see the wood for the trees
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 95 01:23:23 -0700
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