See the forest for the trees
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To see the forest for the trees suggests that a person is capable of [discerning] [the bigger picture], from observing the more [granular] details. Conversely, when used in the negative form, this suggests that someone is easily preoccupied by the details, thus allowing them to obscure the bigger picture.
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