bush telegraph
noun[S]
UKold-fashionedhumorousuk/ˌbʊʃ ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/us/ˌbʊʃ ˈtel.ə.ɡræf/theinformalway in whichinformationquicklyspreadsfrompersontoperson
小道消息Gossip and rumour
- a little bird told meidiom
- anecdotal
- bird
- dirt
- ear
- exposure
- furphy
- gossip
- grapevine
- lip
- on everyone's lipsidiom
- peddle
- reportedly
- rumour
- say-so
- scandal
- scaremongering
- swirl
- tittle-tattle
- yourears must be burningidiom