no smoke without fire
1no smoke without fire — Cf. PLAUTUS Curculio 53 flamma fumo est proxima, the flame is right next to the smoke; late 13th cent. Fr. nul feu est sens fumee nefumee sens feu, no fire is without smoke, nor smoke without fire; c 1375 J. BARBOUR Bruce (EETS) IV. 81 And thair… …
2No Smoke Without Fire — Studio album by Wishbone Ash Released 1978 …
3no smoke without fire — This idiom means that when people suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence.</p><p>( Where s there s smoke, there s fire is also used.) (Dorking School Dictionary) …
4no smoke without fire — This idiom means that when people suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence. ( Where s there s smoke, there s fire is also used.) …
5there's no smoke without fire — there’s no smoke without fire mainly spoken phrase used for saying that if something bad is being said about someone, or if something seems bad, then there is probably a good reason for it Look, he’s a nice guy, but there’s no smoke without fire …
6(there is) no smoke without fire — (there is) no smoke without ˈfire idiom (BrE) (NAmE where there s smoke, there s ˈfire) (saying) if sth bad is being said about sb/sth, it usually has some truth in it …
7there is no smoke without fire — ► there is no smoke without fire rumours usually have some basis in fact. Main Entry: ↑smoke …
8There's no smoke without fire. — something that you say which means that if people are saying that someone has done something bad but no one knows whether it is true, it probably is true. He claims that they were just good friends and that they never slept together but there s… …
9there's no smoke without fire — mainly spoken used for saying that if something bad is being said about someone, or if something seems bad, then there is probably a good reason for it Look, he s a nice guy, but there s no smoke without fire …
10there's no smoke without fire — there is always some factual basis for a rumour. → smoke …