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no big deal
[ noh big deel ]
idiom
- not important, impressive, or likely to be a problem:
The room was very nice, nothing too fancy, no big deal.
If I fail, it's no big deal—that’s sometimes the best way to learn how to do something.
- (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that one considers something to be important or impressive):
No big deal, I’m just flying to Bermuda in my friend’s private jet!
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of no big deal1
Example Sentences
No big deal — it’s Paul McCartney.
If tariffs are no big deal and Americans can easily adjust their spending to accommodate them, as the president claims, he should be glad to have his name on them.
As I reported earlier, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who earlier this year counseled Americans that Trump’s plans for relatively modest tariff increases were no big deal — “Get over it,” he advised — changed his tune in a his annual letter to JPM shareholders published Monday.
No big deal, but only if you’re cool.
The prospect that DOGE’s rampage through Social Security might delay benefit payments or even prevent beneficiaries from receiving them at all didn’t faze Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire who volunteered on a podcast with two fellow plutocrats that sending Social Security checks or bank deposits out late would be no big deal.
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