“of the world”

The following 5 entries include the term of the world.

man of the world

noun phrase

: a practical or worldly-wise man of wide experience

carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders

idiom

: to feel much pressure because one has great responsibilities

not the end of the world

idiom

: the most terrible and unpleasant thing possible usually used in negative statements to mean something is not as terrible as it seems to be

the way/ways of the world

noun phrase

: how things happen or how people behave

woman of the world

noun phrase

: a woman who has had many experiences and who is not shocked by things that may be shocking to other people


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