10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES»
Discover the use of
see the wood for the trees in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
see the wood for the trees and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cartoon-illustrated Metaphors: Idioms, Proverbs, Cliches, ...
John Heywood's proverb collection in 1546: "You cannot see the wood for the
trees." A modern twist was provided by C.S. Lewis in a critique of William
Golding's novel, The lnheritors: "All those little details you only notice in real life if
you've ...
2
Just Listening: Ethics and Therapy
... the number of doctors and dentists who are addicted to drugs, simply because
of their availability. I was just thinking—what is available in your trade? Perhaps
what you could be addicted to is not being able to see the wood for the trees ...
Steven Gans, Steven Gans and Leon Redler, 2001
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English Idioms in Use Advanced with Answers
38.2. 1 pull the rug from under (my feet) 2 can't see the wood for the trees 3 a slap
in the face 4 sweep it under the carpet ... it's just been a chapter of accidents. 8
You need to stand back from the problem so you can see the wood for the trees.
Felicity O'Dell, Michael McCarthy, 2010
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Science and Its History: A Reassessment of
the ...
Little is written “for the scientific reader”; most of the vast literature is expressly
presented for “the general educated reader”;18 but readers, expert or not,
educated or not, still cannot see the wood for the trees, not even in Jeans' book.
Readers ...
IT'S PRETTY BAD when "you can't see the wood for the trees" — as the old
saying goes. But I think it's even worse when "you can't see the trees for the
woods." Yet lots of people are like that. To them, woods are woods, just some
place to ...
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Parliamentary Assembly Official Report of Debates 1998 ...
Firstly, there is the acknowledgement I referred to when I talked about not being
able to see the wood for the trees. When we set about assessing the democratic
culture and democratic foundations that have developed in Europe we
sometimes ...
7
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
WOOD from the wood from the cask or wooden ban'e1 They drank ale from the
wood. not see the wood for the trees not see or understand the main point,
because of other preoccupation If you mark your copy so heavily, we will not be
able to ...
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Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-century ...
... afraid he has "lost his moorings" and cannot return to shore, the shore where
he had stood as a child. He laments: If I say I can't see the wood for the trees is it
because there are too many trees in my way and I can't see the wood that I'm in?
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The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business
the Duncan ...
If that's the case, he's more likely to see the wood for the trees, because he
follows his instincts. Bannatyne himself seems to thinkthat if he'd had a good job
he wouldn't have become a millionaire because he wouldn't have followed those
...
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... club with a wooden head be unable to see the wood for the trees to be unable
to see the essentials because of too much detail out of the wood out of danger
wood alcohol n alcohol distilled from wood, methyl alcohol woodcraft (wood'
krahftl ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
see the wood for the trees is used in the context of the following news items.
The Star Says: Council can't see the wood for the trees
The campaign for preserving trees in Sheffield will continue but after yesterday's meeting at the town hall one question was more pertinent than any other. «The Star, Jul 15»
Wolves blog: Missing out on Chris Wood isn't a bad thing
It's tough trying to see the wood for the trees with Wolves' striker search – the Chris Wood, that is. Wood has joined Championship rivals Leeds and I'm not to ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
We can now see the wood for the trees
When critics of forestry get into their stride, a mention of the Flow Country is never far away. So I always try to get there first and tell them that yes, foresters at the ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
Twiggy Forrest can't see the wood for the trees
Twiggy Forrest can't see the wood for the trees. by: ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN; From: Business Spectator; May 21, 2015 9:44AM. Increase Text Size · Decrease ... «The Australian, May 15»
On the warpath: some can't see the wood for the trees
Incorrect information, lies and hyperbole have been broadcast in the press, and within our community, regarding the subject of the Technix Devon Road frontage ... «Taranaki Daily News, May 15»
Plymouth can't see the wood for the trees as 6000 Christmas pines …
Plymouth waste collectors literally can't see the wood for the trees after city people left 10 tonnes of Christmas firs out for collection after the festive season. «Plymouth Herald, Jan 15»
Murakami can't see the wood for the trees
Murakami can't see the wood for the trees. Fiction: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Harvill Secker, 304 pages, £20, ... «Irish Independent, Aug 14»
Why our city can't always see the wood for the trees
Of the two million trees in the city, 36,000 are roadside trees, and looking after ... The consequences of failing to take down potentially dangerous trees can be ... «The Star, Apr 14»
Cant see the wood for the trees
Timber frame construction is almost unthinkable without it. These products are all made out of wood fibre, a renewable resource. And because it's renewable, ... «The Construction Index, Mar 14»
Conservationists? Abbott can't see the wood for the trees
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is keen to see them opened up to recreational shooters and Prime Minister Tony Abbott says we have too many and is pushing to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14»
