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bad news travels fast
bad news travels fast
Bad news circulates quickly (because people are apt to hear it and then share it with others). A: "How does the whole school already know that I got suspended?" B: "Well, bad news travels fast."
Bad news travels fast.
Prov. Information about trouble or misfortune disseminates quickly (more quickly than good news). John: Hi, Andy. I'm sorry to hear you got fired. Andy: How did you know about that already? It only happened this morning. John: Bad news travels fast. I called my mother to tell her about my car accident, but my aunt had already told her. Bad news travels fast.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Veronica | | və-RAHN-i-kə (English) | English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman |
Shulamith | | - | Hebrew |
CÉSar | | THE-sahr (Spanish), SE-sahr (Latin American Spanish) | French, Spanish, Portuguese |
Dayton | | DAY-tən | English |
Sigihild | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Innokenti | | - | Russian |