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shout from the rooftops
Idioms and Phrases
Announce publicly, as in Just because I won first prize you needn't shout it from the rooftops . This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people. A similar phrase, using housetops , appears in the New Testament (Luke 12:3): “That which ye have spoken ... shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.†[c. 1600]Example Sentences
Normally when a big organisation is infiltrated, hackers will shout from the rooftops about what data they have stolen and how much money they demand to return it.
“Until they admit they committed a crime, they’re perfectly entitled to shout from the rooftops that the only reason they’re being held is because of politics,†Shipley said.
“Obviously, I don’t shout from the rooftops here about my past history and my whistleblower status,†Wilkerson said.
But what really impressed the community recipe testers was something else: "The part to shout from the rooftops is the use of cream cheese and crème fraîche. I think all ice cream should include cream cheese!"
Wake up, Democrats, and shout from the rooftops to save our democracy.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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