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No news is good news
- Not hearing about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.
Idioms and Phrases
Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news . This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said “No news is better than evil news” (1616).Example Sentences
But again, what we're uncovering in the more people we speak to is that it's almost like, "No news is good news" in terms of aviation incidents.
“I’ll take it with me, but assume no news is good news,” Jim said.
Many families continued to believe the D.A. was evaluating their cases, and Spolin encouraged this belief in form letters telling them, “No news is good news, as the delay may indicate they are conducting a thorough review of your case and the documentation we sent.”
In the world of theater seating, he added, “No news is good news.”
Some would take a “no news is good news” approach, sharing results only if they revealed something worrisome; others waited to share results in person.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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