| 单词 | no news is good news |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno news is good news b. no news is good news and variants: without information to the contrary you can assume that all is well. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > be pleased no news is good news1616 the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > expressing content or satisfaction [phrase] > expression of satisfaction up to a point no news is good news1616 so far, so good1721 society > communication > information > news or tidings > [phrase] > implying absence of news is good no news is good news1616 1616 King James VI & I Let. 13 May in A. J. Kempe Loseley Manuscripts (1835) 403 I desyre not that ye shoulde trouble me with an ansoure, for no newis is bettir then evill newis. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 60 I am of the I[t]alians mind that said Nulla nuova, buona nuova, no newes good newes. 1793 J. Woodforde Diary 9 Mar. (1929) IV. 13 No letters at all. No news I hope is good. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh x. 101 Arguing..(on the ‘no-news being good-news’ system) that I should have heard again if anything had gone wrong, I dismissed the subject from my mind. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xviii. 336 They could not bring themselves to believe that ‘no news was good news’. 1990 H. Whittemore CNN i. 28 Turner went on while Schonfeld thoroughly enjoyed the tirade. ‘Ain't you tired of all that news?.. No news is good news’! < as lemmas |
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