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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

The saying is hard to translate to English:
They can't see the forest behind the tree - that they were stuck on looking at.

An other one:
They can't find the udder between the horns.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can’t see the forest for the trees?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It doesn't ring the same, at least for me.

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