Re: Can't see the wood for the trees

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From: "Mark Morgan Lloyd "
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 17:11

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> The wood in this expression is the material that the trees 
> comprise.  

Not in this country. The general understanding of the expression in the 
UK is that one cannot see the overall problem (the wood) because one is 
distracted by the details (the trees). I can't speak for any colonial 
usage :-)

Mark Morgan Lloyd
mark_tbu@cix.compulink.co.uk

[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or 
colleagues]

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