Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “be unable to see the wood/forest for the trees“ and its meaning is “to be unable to understand the whole situation (main issue) clearly because you are too closely involved in all of the small details of it.
Example Sentence: America has been blocking, with impunity (exemption), the appointment of appellate body members for the last several years. But this argument is unable to see the wood for the trees. Countries that want Russia to respect the rule-based order should follow it themselves irrespective of whether their actions are judicially tested. Countering Russian illegality with measures not ingrained in international law amounts to reprisal.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article In sanctions route, what the world must take note of and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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