bad news travels fast

Proverb

bad news travels fast

1. Bad news circulates quickly because people often circulate it everywhere.
   • After all, reorganizations, personnel changes, new policies on subjects such as travel and expense reports, are everyday occurrences, but the rumor that the Vice President of Sales has a son at college who was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, aha! That is another matter. That is...1992, Robert L. Genua, Managing Your Mouth: An Owner's Manual for Your Most Important Business Asset, →ISBN
   • Bad news travels fast, especially when it travels by satellite. I had picked up the receiver with a sense of dread. I expected to hear on the other end an obscene caller, a local news person looking for fresh dirt, a concerned but nosy friend.2011, Wendy Hornsby, Bad Intent, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   ill news spreads apace