A relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration (implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world)
‘it's a First World problem, but still if you're staying at a 5-star resort you expect some decent service’
‘I don’t have to struggle with first world problems like finding a parking space right next to the entrance of the mall since the bus drops me off there anyway.’
‘It’s a first world problem to be sure, but that doesn’t make tangled headphone cords any less annoying.’
‘Someone, somewhere, is playing the world’s smallest violin for my first-world problems.’
‘I will take a first world problem any day.’
‘I know, I know, it is a first world problem and I should just feel blessed for merely having two very dependable vehicles to get about in.’
‘These are more of my silly, silly first world problems.’
‘We take ourselves and our little first world problems too damned seriously.’
‘Another one of those first world problems that would be laughed at by third world people mostly wanting a bowl of steamed rice to eat - their only meal for the day.’
‘The inconvenience of being charged $99 a year to develop on Apple's top-end kit is a first-world problem if ever I heard one.’
‘A first world problem, sure ... But a problem nonetheless.’
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