sweat the small stuff

sweat the small stuff

To worry about minor issues or problems. Often used in the negative construction "don't sweat the small stuff." If you spend all your time sweating the small stuff, you're never going to get any meaningful work done. They keep telling me, "Don't sweat the small stuff," but I just know that the perfect font will set our literary magazine apart from all the entries in the contest.
See also: small, stuff, sweat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sweat the small stuff

worry about trivial things. US
See also: small, stuff, sweat
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • don't sweat the small stuff
  • Don’t sweat it!
  • don't sweat it
  • bother (one's) (pretty little) head about (something)
  • bother head about
  • in a cold sweat
  • break out in a cold sweat
  • sweat (something) out of (one)
  • sweat out of
  • she'll be apples
References in periodicals archive
I have no idea why I've been blessed with such a sunny outlook but it serves me well as I don't sweat the small stuff, get on well with everyone and generally wake up in the morning looking forward to the day.
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A book by Richard Carlson, called Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, was the inspiration for Samuel's initial post which he says is all about appreciating what's in front of you and the people you're with.
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A classic among Wehrli's jokes is a spinoff of the line, "don't sweat the small stuff."
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Looking back, she would tell her younger pre-kids self: "Try not to sweat the small stuff."
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Like yourself, too, and don't sweat the small stuff.
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So, why sweat the small stuff? You know you've got a six-pack in there somewhere, but for now you'll just take your chances, and settle for a four-pack with your mates.
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I used to sweat the small stuff and I don't any more.
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Don't sweat the small stuff: Adults make small changes sound like a big deal, like when they are changing a bookshelf into overhead storage.
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I don't sweat the small stuff. And when things are difficult I can dig down and find something to get me through.
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Soon to be hosting the second series of comedy gameshow CelebAbility (ITV2), Iain's intuitive razorsharp humour has previously been seen on Virtually Famous (E4), Drunk History and Russell Howard's Stand Up Central (both Comedy Central), Russell Howard's Good News and Sweat the Small Stuff (both BBC Three) and Fake Reaction and Safe Word (both ITV2).
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I passed by a small bookstore and found myself reading Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson.
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You can't sweat the small stuff. If the curtains are stained and the four-yearold hasn't eaten a green vegetable for three weeks, so be it.
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You may recognise Ian, left, from the BBC3 panel show Sweat the Small Stuff. Dressing up is not essential, but the top three win a free pair of tickets each for November's show.
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