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no news is good news

no news is good news proverb: a lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred.

Proverb

no news is good news

  1. A lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred.
    • The mail box is empty / It's empty as can be / Because there's no letters worth reading / So goes the saying / No news is good news / But not in my case / Of waiting1977, Brainstorm, “Waiting for Someone”, in Stormin'

Questions about no news is good news

What does no news is good news mean?
No news is good news means a lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred.
What part of speech is no news is good news?
No news is good news is a proverb.

Words near no news is good news in the dictionary

  1. no more no less
  2. no mores
  3. no más
  4. no names, no pack drill
  5. no need
  6. no news is good news
  7. no no
  8. no nos
  9. no notes
  10. no nothing
  11. No Nut November

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