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

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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There’s always some excuse or explanation that politicians and Wall Street offer to say this is no big deal.

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“For most people, it’s no big deal,” he said.

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I knew I had become a borderline alcoholic, but I told myself it was no big deal, because I drank only at night, never during the day.

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Related Words

• extraneous 
• inconsequential 
• meaningless 
• trivial 
• unimportant