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Missing forrest for the trees

Polish translation: Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.

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English term or phrase:	Missing forrest for the trees
Polish translation:	Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.
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21:45 Jan 27, 2012

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English term or phrase: Missing forrest for the trees

Isn’t that missing the forest for the trees?

Czy istnieje w języku polskim dobry odpowiednik tego idiomu?

Visvamitra KudoZ activity Questions: 14 (3 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 10
Local time: 21:52

Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.

Explanation:
wiele razy slyszalam te doslownie przetlumaczona fraze, w google ma prawie 200 tys. 'hitów', mysle, ze to juz sie przekulo na polskie powiedzenie.

co do innego odpowiednika, to w tej chwili nic mi nie przychodzi do glowy...

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Joanna Kulig
Local time: 21:52

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3 +5

Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.

Joanna Kulig

3 +2

widzieć drzewa, ale nie widzieć lasu

allp

Discussion entries: 4

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

missing forrest for the trees

Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.

Barack Obama nie widzi lasu, bo zasłaniają mu go drzewa.

Reference: http://kochamgeeka.blox.pl/2005/02/Lasu-nie-widzi-bo-mu-drze...
Reference: http://www.polska-azja.pl/tag/rosja/

Joanna Kulig
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

missing forrest for the trees widzieć drzewa, ale nie widzieć lasu

Explanation:
Nawt całkiem dokładny odpowiednik. A czy dobry w danym kontekście, to już inna sprawa.

allp
Poland
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 254

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Polish translation: Nie widzi lasu, bo mu drzewa zasłaniają.

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