(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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Donning a sequin Minnie Mouse ear headband, her family’s day included their own visit to The Royal Hall to meet Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder as well as rides on it’s a small world and King Arthur Carrousel.
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Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
Your 8-month-old is starting to make their own way in their small world, and their personalities are starting to bloom.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
In the small world of tie-tying, Mocka became a minor celebrity.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
Advertisement Most of the former employees interviewed by The Times would speak only anonymously out of concern of damaging relationships and jeopardizing employment opportunities in the small world of nonprofit housing.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2023
In the small world of Cristaseya, Ms. Casini and Mr. Spotorno enjoy complete freedom and control.
—Jessica Iredale, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
That’s a pretty small world, really, and there’s a lot of great stuff beyond that.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
Talk about a small world: Ubah’s cousin is actually Chanel Ayan from Real Housewives of Dubai.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
The two-month exhibition in the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery shows how AI models could upend the small world of professional art attribution, traditionally the province of experts who can devote their entire career to the study of a single artist or period.
—Shera Avi-Yonah, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
Your 8-month-old is starting to make their own way in their small world, and their personalities are starting to bloom.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
In the small world of tie-tying, Mocka became a minor celebrity.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
Advertisement Most of the former employees interviewed by The Times would speak only anonymously out of concern of damaging relationships and jeopardizing employment opportunities in the small world of nonprofit housing.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2023
In the small world of Cristaseya, Ms. Casini and Mr. Spotorno enjoy complete freedom and control.
—Jessica Iredale, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
That’s a pretty small world, really, and there’s a lot of great stuff beyond that.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
Talk about a small world: Ubah’s cousin is actually Chanel Ayan from Real Housewives of Dubai.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
The two-month exhibition in the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery shows how AI models could upend the small world of professional art attribution, traditionally the province of experts who can devote their entire career to the study of a single artist or period.
—Shera Avi-Yonah, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
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