in the grand/great scheme of things

if you say that in the grand scheme of things something is not important, you mean that it is not important when compared to much more serious things.

In the grand scheme of things, whether another actress has her navel pierced is not really that significant.

• make a play for something
• make a point of
• make a point of doing something
• make a poor fist of
• make a poor fist of doing something
• make a poor fist of something
• make a practice of
• make a practice of doing something
• make a production of
• make a production of something
• make a production out of
• make a production out of something
• make a quick buck
• make a rod for own back
• make a rod for your own back
• make a run at
• make a run at something
• make a run for it
• make a scene
• make a song and dance about
• make a song and dance about doing something
• make a song and dance about something
• make a spectacle of
• make a spectacle of yourself
• make a splash