VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Big Picture

Meaning:

A wide perspective; a broad view of something

Examples:

  • We are always particularly interested in the big picture.
  • Therefore, let us not forget the big picture in our debates.
  • We can see the big picture.
  • We've got to look at the big picture.
  • Let's look at the big picture.
  • So in summary, our situation with technology is complicated, but the big picture is rather simple.
  • You see the whole big picture?
  • Well, satellites are fantastic, and they have taught us so much about the big picture over the past few decades.
  • When the Council talks about the big picture, please can they talk about the little picture as well?
  • What I would like to do at this stage of the debate is to try and look at the big picture.