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.

• not lose sleep over
• not lose sleep over something
• not mince words
• not mince your words
• not miss a beat
• not miss a trick
• not move a muscle
• not much to look at
• Not on your life!
• Not on your nelly!
• not out of the woods
• not pull any punches
• not put a foot wrong
• not put it past
• not put it past someone
• not room to swing a cat
• not say boo
• not see for dust
• not see someone for dust
• not see the forest for the trees
• not see the wood for the trees
• not set the world on fire
• not sit well
• not sit well with
• not sit well with someone