Idioms

bad news travels fast

bad news travels fast

Bad news circulates quickly (because people like to gossip). A: "How does the whole school already know that I got suspended?" B: "Well, bad news travels fast." Wait, you guys heard that awful rumor about me too? Geez, bad news travels fast all right! Bad news travels fast. If you had done something positive, no one would be talking about it.

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Bad news travels fast.

Prov. Information about trouble or misfortune disseminates quickly (more quickly than good news). John: Hi, Andy. I'm sorry to hear you got fired. Andy: How did you know about that already? It only happened this morning. John: Bad news travels fast. I called my mother to tell her about my car accident, but my aunt had already told her. Bad news travels fast.

See also: bad, fast, news, travel

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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