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CAN'T SEE THE WOODS FOR THE TREES,

LET ME SEE or LET'S SEE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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can't see the wood for the trees

[can't see the wood for the trees] or [can't see the woods for the trees] or [can't see the forest for the trees] {v. phr.} To be unable to judge […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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