I was being serious, but not as catty as my comment reads. It is 'see the wood/forest for the trees' as in, can't see the bigger picture of the wood, because you are so busy looking at the smaller detail of the individual trees.
I genuinely didn't know if you just didn't like the phrase, or it annoyed you that people were getting it wrong (a la 'could care less' phrase mentioned before).
If people are seeing this as a joke however, it seems i don't even have to try and be funny anymore, and Funniest Member will be mine next year.