look outside the box

北湖春晓

look at the big picture
look outside the box

means look at other things you don't know

bulaohu

"Look at the big picture" is common and proper, however "look outside the box" might not be as popular as "think outside the square" or "think outside the square you live in".

aside

有一种新理论是，don't look outside the box, 而是在box里面的边缘。outside比较离谱。

bulaohu

原帖由 aside 于 2008-12-3 14:21 发表
有一种新理论是，don't look outside the box, 而是在box里面的边缘。outside比较离谱。

彻底没明白...

黑山老妖

I thought it's think outside of the box and look at the big picture.
My understanding is:
Look at the big picture = 看全局
think outside of the box = 开拓思路，不要被条条框框给圈住了。

bulaohu

原帖由 黑山老妖 于 2008-12-3 21:16 发表
I thought it's think outside of the box and look at the big picture.
My understanding is:
Look at the big picture = 看全局
think outside of the box = 开拓思路，不要被条条框框给圈住了。

right right, but I'm not sure if people actually say "think outside of the box"? I thought it's always "think outside the square"?

penguinisland

原帖由 黑山老妖 于 2008-12-3 21:16 发表
I thought it's think outside of the box and look at the big picture.
My understanding is:
Look at the big picture = 看全局
think outside of the box = 开拓思路，不要被条条框框给圈住了。

exactly

黑山老妖

Both box and square are used frequently to my knowledge.
Maybe US use square more. Aussies use box more.

zmzhu

Thinking outside the box is used in UK more often I think

黑山老妖

Australia follows UK in a lot of the cases.

Devil_Star

最喜欢听苏格兰人说SIX, 听起来和我们说SEX完全没区别。