furphy
noun[C]
Australian Englishslanguk/ˈfɜː.fi/us/ˈfɝː.fi/arumour(=unofficialinterestingstoryorpieceofnewsthat might be eithertrueorinvented)
谣传;流言;假报道Gossip and rumour
- a little bird told meidiom
- anecdotal
- bird
- bush telegraph
- dirt
- ear
- exposure
- gossip
- grapevine
- lip
- on everyone's lipsidiom
- peddle
- reportedly
- rumour
- say-so
- scandal
- scaremongering
- swirl
- tittle-tattle
- yourears must be burningidiom