How to translate 只见树木不见森林? Thanks.

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送交者: hopelessless 于 2015-10-06, 10:06:04:

I see two phrases as follows. Which is correct? Is there any difference between the two?

Cannot see the woods for the trees.
Cannot see the forest through the trees.

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seeing the tree but the forest? - 龙灯 (90 bytes) 2015-10-07, 15:30:06 (790053)
- Or missing the forest for its trees? (无内容) - 龙灯 (0 bytes) 2015-10-07, 15:31:29 (790054)
cannot see the wood for the trees (无内容) - five (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 19:55:09 (789988)
- 啊，楼下已经贴了，失敬失敬 (无内容) - five (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 19:56:37 (789989)
只见树木不见森林? can't you see trees as part of a forest? (无内容) - cornbug (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 16:22:34 (789975)
can't see the wood for the trees-这不是翻译，而是还原，本来就是西谚 (无内容) - meiyou (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 11:35:07 (789953)
can't see the forest for the trees (无内容) - ASH (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 11:29:13 (789951)
- "Can't see the forest through the trees" seems to mean something else - ASH (207 bytes) 2015-10-06, 11:30:43 (789952)
  - 连接里就有嘛，为何还问？ - ASH (452 bytes) 2015-10-06, 15:09:09 (789968)
    - You meant "cannot see the wood for trees" means something else, right? (无内容) - hopelessless (0 bytes) 2015-10-07, 01:07:47 (789998)
      - No - ASH (202 bytes) 2015-10-07, 09:33:58 (790018)
        
        So "can't see the wood for the trees" = "can't see the forest for the trees" (无内容) - hopelessless (0 bytes) 2015-10-07, 10:35:30 (790020)
        
        Yes (无内容) - ASH (0 bytes) 2015-10-07, 12:20:56 (790041)
  - what is the something else? (无内容) - hopelessless (0 bytes) 2015-10-06, 14:09:10 (789962)

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