Meanings
pronoun
- figurativelyA lot of, a mountain of.
in a world of pain
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in a world of trouble
in a world of hurt
You should go on vacation, it'll do you a world of good.
There is a world of difference.
But if we start governing or conducting foreign policy by poll, by public opinion poll , we're going to be in a world of hurt.
1995, United States Air Force Academy, United States Intervention Policy in the Post-cold War World, page 22
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