物是复杂多样的，不是每个人都能看清它的实质。有时一个人身处森林中，只看到眼前的树，却看不到整个森林，用英文表达就是 can't see the wood for the trees，其中 for相当于 because。这句成语和中国的一首古诗意义相似：横看成岭侧成峰，远近高低各不同，不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。

can't see the wood for the trees 这句成语最早见于英国人约翰·海伍德编的《名言集》，经常比喻一个人看问题片面，只看到部分看不见全体，以偏概全。

can't see the wood for the trees 在实际应用中形式经常有所变化。

例如：

We sometimes have a hard time seeing the woods for the trees.

我们有时很难做到拨开树木看见森林。

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◎She sometimes can't see the wood _for__ the trees.

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