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no smoke without fire

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(There's) no smoke without fire.

 and Where there's smoke there's fire.

Prov. There is usually some truth behind every rumor. I'm going to withdraw all my money from that bank. I read an article that the bank was in financial trouble, and where there's smoke there's fire.

See also: fire, smoke, without