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Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
el món és un mocador
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Chinese Mandarin:
好巧
(hǎo qiǎo)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Finnish:
maailma on pieni
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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French:
le monde est petit
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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German:
die Welt ist klein
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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German:
wie klein die Welt ist
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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German:
die Welt ist ein Dorf
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Hungarian:
kicsi a világ
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Irish:
is fánach an áit a bhfaighfeá gliomach
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Italian:
il mondo è piccolo
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Italian:
com'è piccolo il mondo
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Italian:
come è piccolo il mondo
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Japanese:
世間は広い様で狭い
(seken wa hiroi yō de semai)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Japanese:
世界は狭い
(sekai wa semai)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Japanese:
世間は狭い
(seken wa semai)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Eastern Mari:
тӱня изи
(tüńa izi)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Polish:
jaki ten świat mały
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Portuguese:
o mundo é pequeno
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Spanish:
el mundo es un pañuelo
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Swedish:
världen är liten
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Tagalog:
ang liit ng mundo
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Thai:
โลกกลม
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
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Ukrainian:
тісний світ
(tisnyj svit)
— phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context
