出自李劼人《天魔舞》第26章“不弄清楚，而要判断这经济的总趋势，岂不等于瞎子摸象？”。比喻对事物一知半解，不对全局作判断。作宾语、定语；指盲目争执

unable to see the wood for the trees; to mistake the part for the whole; blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture