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What's your country's "your barking at the wrong tree" (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by 0_0j@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My $10 says there will be variants of this catchy phrase. (Help me win this)

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[–] krash@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe this is Swedish ("ser inte skogen för alla träd").

An attempt at a alternative translation; "can't see the forest because of all the trees". Which means you're perceiving the wrong part of the situation, and thus missing out on the bigger picture.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

It's also an English expression.