in the grand scheme of things

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SabahattİN	-	Turkish
Eligia	e-LEEG-yah (Polish)	Polish, Late Roman
Lara (1)	LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)	Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Mattithiah	-	Biblical
PÁLl	POWTL (Icelandic)	Icelandic, Faroese
Kiril	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian