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no biggie

no biggie

13 8.5
Not a serious problem you need to worry about
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : no pasa nada
  • Don't worry about it, no biggie.
  • Hey, no biggie
  • Look, it's no biggie

Anyway, if it's no biggie I totally get it, but maybe we could be cell mates LOLTTFN.

Examples

  • I might've broken my nose, no biggie.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Don't stress over the small mistake, it's really no biggie.

  • It's no biggie, you know?

    New York, I Love You (2008)

  • I can see that to you, lying is no biggie at all.

    Blog text (18)

  • It's no biggie to you, but it will be to your folks.

    Blog text (12)

  • In the end, it was no biggie...

    Blog text (26)

  • Facebook and Twitter at the same time is no biggie.

    Blog text (26)

  • And if he doesn't, eh, no biggie.

    Blog text (9)

  • It would be nice not to have to recompose your shot, but no biggie.

    Blog text (1)

  • If you are on the fence or aren't an early adopter, no biggie.

    Blog text (26)

Synonyms

no problem
vsno biggie
  • Informal
618 1.0

Saying that something can be done easily or that you do not need to worry

is more casual and stresses lack of seriousness rather than ability
never mind
vsno biggie
224 2.7

Telling someone not to worry and to forget what you said

is more focused on canceling prior remark than minimizing seriousness
nothin
vsno biggie
  • Informal
30 8.9

A casual reply to thanks meaning you do not need it

is used to minimize effort rather than to reassure about problems
no worries
vsno biggie
  • Informal
2 6.6

A friendly reply that tells someone there is no problem

is more casual and stresses smallness rather than general reassurance
don't sweat it
vsno biggie
  • Informal
1 7.4

Tell someone not to worry because it is not a problem

is milder, minimizing the issue rather than calming immediate worry
no harm, no foul
vsno biggie
  • Informal
1 8.4

Nothing bad happened, so it is okay

focuses on outcome clearance rather than casual unimportance of issue
no skin off my teeth
vsno biggie
  • Informal
1 9.9

It does not matter to me

is more about downplaying severity, not personal lack of impact
whatevs
vsno biggie
  • Slang
1 9.9

A short informal remark that shows something is not important

is about smallness of concern rather than neutral lack of interest
no wuckas
vsno biggie
  • Australian
9.9

A friendly phrase to tell someone not to worry

is the neutral informal phrase used widely not regional slang
never you mind
vsno biggie
  • Informal
8.9

Tell someone not to worry about something

is less about reassurance and more a directive to stay uninvolved

Antonyms

big deal
586 2.1

An important thing or event that affects people

How Serious

critical
917 4.0
serious
∞ 2.0
no biggie
  • Informal
13 8.5
minor
600 2.4

Surface Forms

no biggie main

Morphology

no + biggie

The phrase is compositionally built from 'no' (negation) + 'biggie' (informal 'big thing'), so its meaning 'not a big/important matter' is directly inferable as 'no big thing'. The expression is colloquial but follows a transparent negation + noun pattern that learners who know the constituents can readily understand, and comparable equivalents exist in many languages.

Etymology

No biggie comes from calling something a big thing and then saying it is not one; biggie is a casual short form of 'big deal'. So when someone says No biggie they mean 'not a serious problem'.