אִבֵּד אֶת כָּל עוֹלָמוֹ בְּשָׁעָה אַחַת, איבד את כל עולמו בשעה אחת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Lost his entire world in one moment

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Lost everything he had in a single moment.

("All the nations of the world gathered around Balaam and said to him: It seems that the Almighty is destroying His world with water, as He destroyed the people of the Flood generation." — Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Chapter 18. Also: "The Holy One, blessed be He, does not destroy His world even in a moment of anger, but spares them, as it is said (Job 36): ‘Behold, God is mighty, and despises not.’" — Siddur Rashi, Section 137)