whole wide world

the whole wide world

1. The entire vastness of planet Earth. There's nowhere in the whole wide world I'd rather be than right here beside you. Why would you want to stay in this little nothing of a town? The whole wide world is out there waiting for you to explore!
2. A great deal of places or locations. I thought for the longest time that I would need to search the whole wide world for my one true love. My plan is to travel the whole wide world, teaching English to earn a living as I go.
See also: whole, wide, world
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whole wide world

Fig. everywhere; everywhere and everything. It's the best in the whole wide world. I've searched the whole wide world for just the right hat.
See also: whole, wide, world
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • the whole wide world
  • beside (oneself)
  • beside oneself
  • beside yourself
  • beside oneself, to be
  • cushion
  • beside the cushion
  • set beside
  • dress
  • be beside (oneself)
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I fail to see how publishing the story with the picture is an invasion of privacy, because by exposing himself to the camera Prince Harry has openly declared to the whole wide world that he has nothing called 'private' in him!
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On his part, Bourhane praised Kuwaiti democracy, which he described as "real", and freedom of expression in the country, noting that "it has made Kuwait the focus of attention and admiration of the whole wide world".