木きを見みて森もりを見みず

expression

can't see the forest for the trees; lose sight of the big picture by focusing on details

Proverb used when someone is so preoccupied with small details that they fail to grasp the overall situation or larger context.

• 細こまかい数すう字じばかり気きにして、木きを見みて森もりを見みずになっている。

  You're so focused on the numbers that you can't see the forest for the trees.

• 木きを見みて森もりを見みずというように、彼かれは全ぜん体たいの計けい画かくを忘わすれてしまった。

  As the saying goes, he couldn't see the forest for the trees and forgot the overall plan.