An expression used of someone who is too involved in the details of a problem to look at the situation as a whole: “The congressman became so involved in the wording of his bill that he couldn't see the forest for the trees; he did not realize that the bill could never pass.” Video Player is loading.

to be unable to get a general understanding of a situation because you are too worried about the details. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Misunderstanding.

Origin of the Term The first known publication of a form of the term dates back to a Renaissance proverb collection written by John Heywood in 1546. Published in London, it states “from him who sees no wood for trees/ And yet is busie as the bees/ From him that's settled on his lees/ And speaketh not without his fees”.

"For" the trees. Seeing the forest "through" the trees doesn't make sense because if you look through the trees, you are looking past the trees to the non-forest area beyond, which is not the forest. You can see the forest through the window, for example, but not through the trees.

Trees are used to represent life and growth in mythologies, legends and novels. Trees are considered representative of life, wisdom, power and prosperity.

tree of life, a widespread archetype common to many religions, mythologies, and folktales. The tree of life is a common idea in cultures throughout the world. It represents, at times, the source of life, a force that connects all lives, or the cycle of life and death itself.

Theme. The theme of the poem for Class 10 is that trees are not very happy with the activities of human beings. The crux of the poem is the conflict between man and nature. A plant is brought inside the house when it is a sapling but as it grows, it gets suffocated with the limited space available.

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" is a philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and perception.

the common beech With the oak standing as undisputed king of the forest, the beech (Fagus sylvatica) is often referred to as the queen or mother of the woods.

Consequently, it goes by many: the Kalaloch Tree, The Runaway Tree, Tree Root Cave (for the space beneath the tree) and The Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is located in Olympic National Park, on the beach near Kalaloch Campground. But no one knows for sure how long that will be true.

Definition of forestland. as in forest. a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area the region's vanishing forestland.

Definition 6.2. A tree is a connected, acyclic graph. Definition 6.3. A forest is a graph whose connected components are trees.