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it's a small world
it's a small worldFamiliar people or things, or connections to those people or things, are often encountered in the most unexpected or far-reaching places (as if the world were much smaller). It turned out that the guy I met in Japan was traveling to upstate New York, just around the corner from my cousins, at the same time that I'd be there later in the summer. Boy, it's a small world. I found a copy of my novel at a used bookstore in Paris. It's a small world, isn't it?See also: small, worldit's a small worldOne encounters the same people, events or situations in unexpected places. For example, I never thought I'd run into Samantha at a ball game-it's a small world. [c. 1900] See also: small, worldit's a small world or small world You say it's a small world or small world to express your surprise when you unexpectedly meet someone you know in an unusual place, or when you are talking to someone and are surprised to discover that you both know the same person. Thirty years after leaving Oxford, I bumped into him again in the Isle of Wight where he was Deputy County Surveyor. It is indeed a small world. I had no idea you knew the Proberts. Well, well, it's a small world.See also: small, worldit's (or what) a small world used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.See also: small, worldit’s a ˌsmall ˈworld (saying) used when you meet or hear about somebody you know, in an unexpected place: It turns out that he’s a friend of my brother’s! It’s a small world, isn’t it?See also: small, worldit's a small worldOne encounters familiar people or events in unexpected places. As might be expected, this expression originated only when widespread travel and the transportation facilities to make it possible became commonplace. “Not such a large world after all,” wrote G. A. Sala in 1886 upon unexpectedly meeting someone in San Francisco after an interval of thirty-one years (America Revisited). By 1906 George Ade wrote (In Pastures New), “‘It’s a small world.’ This is one of the most overworked phrases of the globe-trotter . . . most frequently by those who follow the beaten paths.”See also: small, worldAcronymsSeeIASW |