the world revolves around (someone)
idiom
: someone's life, problems, etc., are more important than other people's
I can't just drop everything to help you. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know.
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My brother David and his family, my nieces and my nephews, and of course, the one the world revolves around, baby Maya.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Gervais jokes about how everyone on Twitter thinks the world revolves around them.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
Narcissists have a grandiose notion that the world revolves around them, so your sister-in-law would interpret any action of yours only in relation to her.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 2 July 2022
Maverick is, at its essence, a film that asks us to believe the world revolves around Tom Cruise.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 29 May 2022
The French president, who is projected to be reelected for a second five-year term today, is certainly selfish, and arrogant, and seems to think the world revolves around his own apparently endless brilliance and grandeur.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Gervais jokes about how everyone on Twitter thinks the world revolves around them.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
Narcissists have a grandiose notion that the world revolves around them, so your sister-in-law would interpret any action of yours only in relation to her.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 2 July 2022
Maverick is, at its essence, a film that asks us to believe the world revolves around Tom Cruise.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 29 May 2022
The French president, who is projected to be reelected for a second five-year term today, is certainly selfish, and arrogant, and seems to think the world revolves around his own apparently endless brilliance and grandeur.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
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