When he focuses only on minor defects, he misses the forest for the trees and overlooks the project's long-term goals.

She misses the wood for the trees when she focuses on minor layout details and ignores the overall user experience.

During the audit, she missed the wood for the trees by obsessing over minor formatting issues while overlooking the fundamental compliance problems.

He missed the woods for the trees when he focused only on the budget line items.

If you focus only on minor details, you will miss the wood for the trees.

When she kept rearranging the minor agenda items, she began to miss the woods for the trees and lost sight of the project's main objective.

During the review, he still misses the woods for the trees.

It's easy to miss one's guess about the final score when the teams are so evenly matched.

The abandoned ballroom had a Miss Havisham-esque air, with torn lace curtains and clocks frozen at tea-time.

When you obsess over minor design tweaks, you can miss the forest for the trees and lose sight of the product's core purpose.