(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.

Examples of (it's a) small world in a Sentence

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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. —Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 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

What a small world,' and 'That guy your mom took a picture with? —Jordan Greene, People.com, 21 May 2025

In our timeless small town where big city dreams aren’t even a thought, Caroline runs free, making this small world seem full and big. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025