Theme

Seeing and missing

What is obvious, what is overlooked, and a world no wider than a well.

1. Ich verstehe nur BahnhofTo understand none of it.
2. Tomaten auf den Augen habenTo miss something that is right in front of you.
3. estar en las nubesTo be distracted, with one's mind elsewhere.
4. 对牛弹琴duì niú tán qínTo talk in a way the listener cannot use.
5. 井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wāA person whose world is only as wide as a well mouth.
6. the elephant in the roomThe obvious problem everyone is leaving unspoken.