Learn English – Idioms similar to “heard it through the grapevine”

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Are there idioms which have a meaning similar to "heard through the grapevine" ?

  • to hear news from someone who heard that news from someone else.

as in :

  • I heard through the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don't know anything more.

(Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms)

Best Answer

  • "Rumor has it."
  • "Smoke around the campfire."
  • "The word on the street."
  • "Talk around the water cooler."
  • "Word has it."

All above from The Phrase Finder.

  • "... heard it on the wind." (Neptunian)
  • "... a little bird told me." (mikeagg and Neptunian)
  • "... telephone talk." (paraphrased from Neptunian)

Example:

Rumor has it that what you heard on the grapevine started out as smoke around the campfire then turned into talk around the water cooler. At least word has it that's the word on the street, but I don't know: I heard it on the wind. Then, gosh, a little bird told me it was only telephone talk.

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