in microcosm

At a very small, demonstrative scale. The most recent takeover is actually an excellent example of trends in the tech industry in microcosm. The Thames Town in Shanghai aims to be Great Britain in microcosm. Please, college is not the "real world" in microcosm. You can't just blow off your responsibilities because you don't feel like doing them—not without real consequences, anyway.

in ˈmicrocosm

on a small scale: The developments in this town represent in microcosm what is happening in the country as a whole.

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as above, so below
be cool
I'm cool
there are other (good) fish in the sea
there are other pebbles on the beach
there are plenty more fish in the sea
there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
there are plenty of (other) pebbles on the beach
finger to the wind

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