not see the forest for the trees

to pay too much attention to details and not understand the general situation not see the wood for the trees Company officials were so involved in the talks, they couldn't see the forest for the trees and didn't realize their employees were willing to strike.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theutrich	-	Ancient Germanic
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Vladan	-	Serbian, Czech, Slovak
Corinne	ko-REEN (French), kə-REEN (English), kə-RIN (English)	French, English
Josias	-	Biblical
Jinny	JIN-ee	English