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I am looking for the most common way to say that people are talking about someone / something everywhere in English. There should be a common idiom which I can not find it. However I have translated several sentences of us. I would appreciate it that after having a look on them, let me know if they are natural and if not what shall I say instead to be quite natural in everyday speech:

  • He is the talk of the town.

  • He has become quite the hot topic for conversation around town.

  • He has become a household subject of conversation.

In our language we say:

  • Someone / something has fallen on top of the people's tongue. Meaning that people are talking about him / it and he / it has become the topic of discussions everywhere.

I am looking for an idiom to convey the same thing in English.

Best Answer

be on everyone's lips

If a word or question is on everyone's lips, a lot of people are talking about it and interested in it.

And the question that's on everyone's lips at the moment is, will he have to resign over the scandal?

The Free Dictionary

This is the idiom that most closely resembles your original saying, I think, because it also involves a part of the mouth.

However, all three of the ones you had suggested were fine as well and I think everyone would understand your intended meaning.

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