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Olga55 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
See the trees outlined against the dim forest
Is it a set expression to say about something extremely good on the background of not a progress.
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No, I've never heard that before. We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture. There's also "every cloud has a silver lining" which means that in bad things, there is still one good thing.
- No, I've never heard that before.
- We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture.
- There's also "every cloud has a silver lining" which means that in bad things, there is still one good thing.
- That's a bit closer.
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No, I've never heard that before.
We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture.
There's also "every cloud has a silver lining" which means that in bad things, there is still one good thing. That's a bit closer.
We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture.
There's also "every cloud has a silver lining" which means that in bad things, there is still one good thing. That's a bit closer.
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Grammar Geek, thank you.
"We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture."
That's expains a lot, probably the author reversed this expression as a big picture is the whole dance scene ( the article is about great dance achievements of the 2008 year)
which is not re
"We have an expression about not being able to see the forest for (or through) the trees, meaning you focus on the details and can't see the big picture."
That's expains a lot, probably the author reversed this expression as a big picture is the whole dance scene ( the article is about great dance achievements of the 2008 year)
which is not re
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