<entry id="2288489" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2078140</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>木を見て森を見ず</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きをみてもりをみず</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to not see the forest for the trees</gloss>
<gloss>to not see the wood for the trees</gloss>
<gloss>to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2006-03-07 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-03 04:02:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-12 22:59:57" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>More of an idiomatic expression than a proverb</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-12 23:02:02" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I've only ever heard it phrased as "forest" rather than "wood" as well</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to not see the wood for the trees&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to not see the forest for the trees&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-12 23:05:24" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It's "wood" in BrE.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>chujiten: 木を見て森を見ず　 cannot see the wood [｛米｝ forest] for the trees.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to not see the wood for the trees&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>