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Woods from the trees

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  • #32
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    So nobody knows the meaning?

    AS PER MY ORIGINAL EXPLANATION

    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/can't+see+the+wood+for+the+trees


  • #33
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    "You can't see the forest for the trees" is a standard idiom in English.

    It is? Maybe in the South Korean dialect it is Ban, my friend, but not in the good old Hiberno kind we tend to speak here.


  • #34
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    orourkeda wrote: »
    AS PER MY ORIGINAL EXPLANATION

    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/can't+see+the+wood+for+the+trees

    Im still not happy,that link just puts the statement into a sentence,it does not explain wood for trees


  • #35
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    This is brilliant stuff - it's like watching a one legged man trying to win an ars* kicking contest!!


  • #36
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Einhard wrote: »
    It is? Maybe in the South Korean dialect it is Ban, my friend, but not in the good old Hiberno kind we tend to speak here.
    Really?Please explain.


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  • #37
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    :o i thought the expression was wood from the trees ::o


  • #38
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    This is brilliant stuff - it's like watching a one legged man trying to win an ars* kicking contest!!

    Maybe if he got a peg leg made out of Wood from Trees he's have more of a chance...


  • #39
    Darlughda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭Darlughda


    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    So nobody knows the meaning?

    In fairness, Ban Ki Moon, that is a pretty insulting thing to say.

    Many posters have illustrated their understanding of that expression, which is one of those ambiguous ones that can be interperted in many different ways, depending on the context of the conversation, the tone it was delivered in and how it was said.

    If you cannot grasp any interpretation of its meaning, that is your problem, not anybody else's.


  • #40
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    :o i thought the expression was wood from the trees ::o
    Nah, Its wood for the trees.


  • #41
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Einhard wrote: »
    Maybe if he got a peg leg made out of Wood from Trees he's have more of a chance...

    If his leg was made of wood, a bear would probably come out of the woods, tear it off, then the Pope would appear & take a big sh*t on it.


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  • #42
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Darlughda wrote: »
    Many posters have illustrated their understanding of that expression, which is one of those ambiguous ones that can be interperted in many different ways, depending on the context of the conversation, the tone it was delivered in and how it was said.

    What does ambiguous mean? ;)


  • #43
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    If his leg was made of wood, a bear would probably come out of the woods, tear it off, then the Pope would appear & take a big sh*t on it.

    I hate when that happens.


  • #44
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    The whole system is corrupt, We have to see the "woods for the trees"

    Got it?
    Darlughda wrote: »
    In fairness, Ban Ki Moon, that is a pretty insulting thing to say.

    Many posters have illustrated their understanding of that expression, which is one of those ambiguous ones that can be interperted in many different ways, depending on the context of the conversation, the tone it was delivered in and how it was said.

    If you cannot grasp any interpretation of its meaning, that is your problem, not anybody else's.
    Einhard wrote: »
    What does ambiguous mean? ;)
    Most? read up.


  • #45
    Darlughda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭Darlughda


    Einhard wrote: »
    What does ambiguous mean? ;)

    google not working Einhard?

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambiguous


  • #46
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Darlughda wrote: »
    google not working Einhard?

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambiguous

    Sense of humour not working Darlughda?

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humour


  • #47
    Darlughda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭Darlughda


    Einhard wrote: »
    Sense of humour not working Darlughda?

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humour

    ooooh. aren't you the cheeky one.;)


  • #48
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Darlughda wrote: »
    ooooh. aren't you the cheeky one.;)
    Homo..sapien


  • #49
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Well hope we've cleared it up for you Ban!!


  • #50
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Einhard wrote: »
    It is? Maybe in the South Korean dialect it is Ban, my friend, but not in the good old Hiberno kind we tend to speak here.
    Einhard wrote: »
    Well hope we've cleared it up for you Ban!!
    really?


  • #51
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    Really really.


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  • #52
    Ban Ki Moon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 319 ✭✭Ban Ki Moon


    Einhard wrote: »
    Really really.
    ok dodge the question Dick Roche


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