a worm's eye view
worm's eye view
A limited understanding of something due to a lack of a broad perspective. It is the opposite of the more common phrase "bird's eye view." Because he was stuck in the same menial position for so long, he only had a worm's eye view of how the business operated.
See also: eye, view
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a worm's eye view
1. If you have a a worm's eye view of something, you see it from a low position. If only gardeners would take a worm's eye view of their lawns, they would discover a mass of fascinating and useful information.
2. If someone has a worm's eye view of a situation, they are able to form an impression of it from an unimportant or junior position. Let me offer a worm's eye view of what Thatcherism was, and what its legacy may be. Compare with a bird's-eye view.
See also: eye, view
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- a worm's-eye view
- worm's eye view
- bird's eye view
- bird's-eye view
- a bird's eye view
- a bird's-eye view
- eye-view
- bird's-eye view, a
- (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
- view