no big deal

it’s no big deal

[noh big deel]

idiom

Informal.

1. 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.

2. (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!

Word History and Origins

Origin of no big deal¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

His unfinished degree was no big deal to those who had worked with him, and he got the impression that it wouldn’t be a hindrance going forward.

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The losses, by design, were no big deal; the losses were part of the plan.

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I was screaming to high heavens about how bad Elon buying Twitter was in 2022, and I remember the Biden White House acting like it was no big deal at all.

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The same administration that once led chants of “Lock her up!” over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server now dismissed the breach as “no big deal” and a “witch hunt.”

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He made it up with just microspikes — little metal cleats that attach to the bottom of shoes and provide winter traction on flat ground — or on gentle slopes where falling would be no big deal.

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Related Words

• extraneous 
• inconsequential 
• meaningless 
• trivial 
• unimportant