in the scheme of things

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in a general view of the situation She just got here and hasn't figured out where she belongs in the scheme of things.

Usage notes: often used with the adjectives grand, larger, or overall, usually to suggest that something is not very important: A two-week delay will not matter in the overall scheme of things.

See also: scheme, thing

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The man looked curiously about him on all sides, as one who among familiar surroundings is unable to determine his exact place and part in the scheme of things. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context They occupied an intermediate place in the scheme of things, and they were to be watched in case they did not keep their place. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context In addition, the persecution he had suffered from the pack had made the pack less to him in the scheme of things, and man more. White Fang by London, Jack View in context			in the neighborhood of in the nick of time in the offing in the open in the palm of hand in the picture in the pink in the pipeline in the poorhouse in the prime of life in the process of in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the right place at the right time in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way			in the road in the road In the Rough In the Rough in the round in the round in the round in the round in the running in the running in the running in the running in the saddle in the saddle in the saddle in the saddle in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same boat in the same boat in the same boat in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same league in the same way in the same words in the scheme of things in the scrap heap in the scuddy in the scuddy in the scuddy in the second instance in the second instance in the second instance in the second place in the service of in the shadow of in the short haul in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short term in the soup in the soup in the soup in the soup in the soup in the south In the South (Alassio) in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spotlight in the spotlight

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