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

Muddy knees and learning that falling down is not the end of the world are part of the experience of play, Laris says. —Marty Ross, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024

At the end of the day, this is not the end of the world. —Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024

Speaking personally, both of these developments are annoying from a professional standpoint but otherwise not the end of the world—for now. —David Meyer, Fortune, 6 July 2023

What does the sight of an inch of snow on a palm tree conjure in most people’s imaginations if not the end of the world? —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023

Unlike mediocre hardware, which can’t be fixed after release, software and app ecosystem can continuously improve over time, so the nReal Light’s flaws being mostly software than hardware right now is not the end of the world. —Ben Sin, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022

But a bad night’s rest is not the end of the world. —Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 3 May 2023

As Antetokounmpo knows, that’s not the end of the world. —Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2023

Overlooked is the fact that Tencent’s Fintech unit saw revenue increase +47% year-over-year as the company adheres to new lending rules, which, evidently, are not the end of the world for the company’s fintech and payments business. —Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 May 2021