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Not seeing the forest for the trees means being too close to a subject to see it in its entirety, paying too much attention to parts of a thing and not enough to the whole.
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What is the meaning of the name harlee?
The meaning if Harlee is, "hare meadow" or "hare wood".
What is a collective noun for a large area of trees?
Some collective nouns for trees are:a stand of treesa grove of treesan orchard of treesa forest of treesa copse of treesA "forest" is a large number of trees.A "wood" is a slightly smaller number.A "copse" is fewer still.
What is the collective noun for plantation?
The noun 'plantation' is a standard collective noun for:a plantation of trees (used for a large group of trees grown for the purpose of harvesting for wood)
Missing the wood for the trees?
Missing the woods for the trees is a figure of speech. It means that someone is only focusing on the smaller details and so are missing the bigger picture in a situation.
What does une erabliere mean in English?
In Canada it means a maple grove, or a wood of maple trees (érables).
If trees are wood and money comes from wood how can money grow ON trees?
they cant its just an expression
From which Shakespeare play did the term missing the wood for the trees come from?
The expression does not come from Shakespeare.
How do you say 'to set in wood' in french?
What is the meaning of the expression ? I googled it but didn't find any occurence.
What trees are softwoods?
Gymnosperm trees such as the conifers are softwoods. Those are your pines, cedars, larches, spruces, cypress, ginkgo and other trees that don't produce flowers. The term has little meaning relative to the hardness of the wood since some hardwood trees have wood that is softer than the wood of some softwoods.
What type of trees in a temperate forest?
oak trees , red wood trees , and forest wood trees
What is it called when there are things in the environment that are helpful to people?
These are called resources if you are meaning, for example, trees for wood or water.
What are wood made of?
err, wood?
Is wood running out?
Wood not really, look around you, trees and what are trees made from?
Is cherry wood man made?
Natural, Pine comes from pine trees and trees grow naturally!
What trees are there in wood buffalo?
Wood Bison
Where did wood come from?
Wood comes from trees.
Is wood renewable or nonrenewable?
renewable Wood is renewable because you can plant more trees to grow more trees for wood.
