What does this mean ""The devil is in the details"?

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Everyone is invited to comment. I need examples if it possible of your own experience or anyone you know that you can apply this phrase.
 
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Usually its “the devil is in the details”. It means that while something may sound good at a high level, when you look at the details it has problems.

Edit: actually on googling this it turns out the original phrase is “the devil is in the detail”.
 
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I am not entirely clear on what you are asking. Are you asking for an example of when the “devil is in the detail”?
 
In the context with which I am familiar, it means that a problem, solution, situation, idea, whatever, appears somewhat simple at first glance. However, when you start to look at the details below the surface, you’re sure to run into a headache of complexities, complications, trouble, bothersome tasks, etc.

In other words, I don’t think the proverb has anything at all to do with the devil, “Satan.” At least, in modern usage it doesn’t.
 
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The saying also exists in the form, God is in the details. In this case the meaning is more like, “It’s not enough to state an idea (plan, project …) in general terms, the important thing is to work it out in every last detail.” In practice, the two forms of the saying are often interchangeable. Mies van der Rohe seems to have made the saying well-known in the “God” form, but he certainly wasn’t the originator.

The devil is in the details - Wikipedia

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Pay close attention to the details of the thing, because if it is going to fail it is likely because some small detail was overlooked or omitted.
 
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