not the end of the world

idiom

informal

: the most terrible and unpleasant thing possible

You would think it was the end of the world the way she's carrying on.

—usually used in negative statements to mean something is not as terrible as it seems to be

It won't be the end of the world if it rains on the day of the wedding.

Losing your job does not have to be the end of the world.

Examples of not the end of the world in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rejection therapy is a glass half-full approach to life, a reminder that rejection is not the end of the world. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025

Having a big tax bill in any one year is not the end of the world. —Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

Final Thoughts Missing the tax filing deadline is not the end of the world. —True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

That’s not the end of the world and won’t preclude long-distance driving. —James Morris, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025

Through Sunday, the year-to-date overall domestic box office is $1.08 billion, which is still 11 percent ahead of pace from 2024, so a stinker of a week is not the end of the world. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025

People should realize that pausing a program or capital project is not the end of the world. —Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024

Regardless, any ongoing issues are not the end of the world. —Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2024

A little skin in the game is not the end of the world. —Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 9 June 2024

Rhymes for not the end of the world

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