the world revolves around someone
- idiom
- Informal
:
el mundo gira en torno a él
- He acts like the world revolves around him!
Examples
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Some celebrities behave like the world revolves around them, ignoring everyone's needs but their own.
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He acts as if the world revolves around him, often dismissing other people's opinions.
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She always talks as if the world revolves around her and no one else matters.
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You need to learn that the world revolves around no one, not even you.
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Don't you think the world revolves around her too much?
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She always talks as if the world revolves around her and no one else matters.
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Some celebrities behave like the world revolves around them, ignoring everyone's needs but their own.
Synonyms
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A person who is only interested in their own needs and not in other people's feelings
A person who thinks only about themselves and ignores other people's feelings
Antonyms
How Self-Centered
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- Informal
- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
the + world + revolve + around + someone
The expression maps the literal image of the world orbiting a central point onto social centrality: 'revolve' (orbit) + 'around' naturally imply that everything centers on someone. Although metaphorical, this mapping is highly regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The saying the world revolves around someone may come from the simple image of the world that revolves around one person, as if everything turns to face them. That's why we use it to say someone acts as if they are 'the most important person' and everything should 'center on them'.