"it's all relative" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} it's all relative
  1. A response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.
    Sense id: en-it's_all_relative-en-phrase-0YmMWAeb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook

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