Posted by David FG on June 01, 2006
In Reply to: All the difference in the world posted by natalie on June 01, 2006
: what is the origin of the idiom "all the difference in the world" or "all the difference"?
'All the difference in the world' is fairly straightforward, I think. It simply means all the difference there is: the greatest amount of difference.
There can be no more difference than the world's total.