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it's a small world en · X

Meanings

1. Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.
   • “I have met my young photographer,” said De Stancy, cheerily. “What a small world it is, as every busybody truly observes! I am wishing he could take some views for us as we go on; but you have no apparatus with you, I suppose, Mr. Dare?” 1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the fifth (De Stancy and Paula), page 40:

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small-world network

Translations (24)

es el mundo es pequeño (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · ja 世間は狭い (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · mhr тӱня изи (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · pt o mundo é pequeno (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · fr le monde est petit (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · it com'è piccolo il mondo (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · ja 世界は狭い (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · ca el món és un mocador (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · tl ang liit ng mundo (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · es el mundo es un pañuelo (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · th โลกกลม (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · fi maailma on pieni (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · hu kicsi a világ (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · cmn 好巧 (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · sv världen är liten (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · it il mondo è piccolo (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · uk тісний світ (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · ja 世間は広い様で狭い (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · it come è piccolo il mondo (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · ga is fánach an áit a bhfaighfeá gliomach (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · de wie klein die Welt ist (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · de die Welt ist klein (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · de die Welt ist ein Dorf (phrase used in an unexpected encounter) · pl jaki ten świat mały (phrase used in an unexpected encounter)