the world revolves around (someone)
idiom
: someone's life, problems, etc., are more important than other people's
I can't just drop everything to help you. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know.
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Gervais jokes about how everyone on Twitter thinks the world revolves around them.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
Narcissists have a grandiose notion that the world revolves around them, so your sister-in-law would interpret any action of yours only in relation to her.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 2 July 2022
Maverick is, at its essence, a film that asks us to believe the world revolves around Tom Cruise.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 29 May 2022
The French president, who is projected to be reelected for a second five-year term today, is certainly selfish, and arrogant, and seems to think the world revolves around his own apparently endless brilliance and grandeur.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
Narcissists have a grandiose notion that the world revolves around them, so your sister-in-law would interpret any action of yours only in relation to her.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 2 July 2022
Maverick is, at its essence, a film that asks us to believe the world revolves around Tom Cruise.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 29 May 2022
The French president, who is projected to be reelected for a second five-year term today, is certainly selfish, and arrogant, and seems to think the world revolves around his own apparently endless brilliance and grandeur.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
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