(it's a) small world
idiom
—used to show surprise when one meets someone one knows at an unexpected place or finds out that one shares a friend, acquaintance, etc., with another person
You know him, too? Wow, it's a small world.
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Last fall, in London, the chef Hugh Corcoran, the publisher Frances Armstrong-Jones, and their friend Oisín Davies opened a restaurant that serves only lunch, and a lot of people in the small world of the city’s restaurant reviewing got disproportionately worked up about it.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
What a small world,' and 'That guy your mom took a picture with?
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 21 May 2025
Baseball is a small world, where players’ paths intersect and diverge over the years, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sophie and her family had their place in a West that was both a big place and a small world.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
What a small world,' and 'That guy your mom took a picture with?
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 21 May 2025
Baseball is a small world, where players’ paths intersect and diverge over the years, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sophie and her family had their place in a West that was both a big place and a small world.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“(it's a) small world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28it%27s%20a%29%20small%20world. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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