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it's a small world
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said when you meet someone you know, or who knows your friends, in an unexpected place
This is the English for 'Trái đất tròn'. Don't translate word for word: 'The earth is round' is a fact about the planet, not an idiom.
In context
I met my old maths teacher on a beach in Thailand. It's a small world!
Your new boss went to school with my brother? It's a small world.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home