It means that when you do not concentrate on the details of something you may run into unexpected problems
Problems on large projects can often be attributed to small mistakes that were overlooked
“Have you seen my beautiful new bag? I paid a fortune for it.” “Really? It is a fake. The stitching of the original bags is blue, not green.” “How disappointing. I guess the devil is in the details.”
You need to make sure that your lawyer reads the contracts very carefully. The devil is in the details.
There is no origin for this idiom
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