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IDIOMS

  • Chinese whispers: This idiom refers to gossip that is distorted or exaggerated as it is passed from one person to another

  • spread like wildfire: If something such as news, rumours or gossip spreads like wildfire, it becomes widely known very fast.

  • hear through the grapevine: If you hear of something through the grapevine, you learn about it informally, for example through friends or colleagues.

  • stool pigeon: A person who acts as an informer, especially one who gives information to the police or the authorities, is called a stool pigeon.

  • word of mouth: Information passed on through conversation is transmitted by word of mouth.

  • No announcement was necessary - the news had already spread by word of mouth

  • dish the dirt: tell the public about an ex: "Is she going to dish the dirt on her footballer husband?"

  • kiss and tell: a story told by an ex: "In the latest kiss and tell, we hear all about a Hollywood actor."

  • be a blabbermouth: tell everything (blab = slang for talk): "She's such a blabbermouth. I can't believe she told you!"

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