big picture
big picture · big pictures
общая ситуация, общая картина, обстановка в целом, общая обстановка
das große Ganze, Gesamtbild, Gesamteindruck
The totality of a situationThe totality of a situation.
US/bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/
» You're both missing the big picture.
Meaning
3 sensesThe totality of a situation.
Gesamtbild, Gesamteindruck, das große Ganze
о́бщая карти́наóbščaja kartína, о́бщая ситуа́цияóbščaja situácija, о́бщая обстано́вкаóbščaja obstanóvka
(Ireland, UK, dated)The main film in a double feature.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.
Examples
22 sentencesYou're both missing the big picture.
Let's look at the big picture.
You're not looking at the big picture.
Try to look at the big picture.
You're not looking at the big picture here.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
totality of a situation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
totality of a situation:
Origin
From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.
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Forms
plural: big pictures| Singular | big picture |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymstotality of situation:grand schemethirty-thousand-foot viewbird's-eye view