English-German translations for tunnel vision

• Tunnelblick der
  Ich wünsche Ihnen einen schönen Tag, Herr Präsident, aber zuerst sollten Sie den Tunnelblick kurieren. Have a nice day, Mr President, but first cure the tunnel vision.
  Ihr Tunnelblick konzentriert sich auf Einschnitte, ohne zu versuchen, das EU-Einkommen zu erhöhen, und dies ist keine Basis für eine nachhaltige Steuerpolitik. Their tunnel vision focus on cuts without seeking to increase EU income is no basis for a sustainable fiscal policy.

Definition of tunnel vision

• A restricted field of vision as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition
• The tendency to focus one's attention on one specific idea or viewpoint, to the exclusion of everything else

Examples

• It took some time for him to get used to the tunnel vision he experienced while looking through a periscope
• After Mark fell victim to tunnel vision, nothing you could say to him would change his mind

Related words

• tunnel
• tunneling
• Eurotunnel
• polytunnel
• tunnellike
• mini-tunnel
• minitunnel
• tunnel ram
• tunnel vault