Re: Origin of "Can't see the wood"

Posted by R. Berg on June 25, 2003

In Reply to: Origin of "Can't see the wood for the trees posted by Allan Simmons on June 25, 2003

: does any one know where this saying came from?

Try this entry from the archives:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/16/messages/630.html

(link below).

• Wood/forest, trees, visibility