no news is good news

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no news is good news

proverb

  1. A lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred. The mail box is empty / It's empty as can be / Because there's no letters worth reading / So goes the saying / No news is good news / But not in my case / Of waiting

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proverb lack of information suggests nothing bad

Españolno tener noticias es buena noticia
한국어무소식이 희소식 musosig-i huisosik
日本語便りのないのは良い知らせ tayori no nai no wa yoi shirase
中文沒消息就是好消息 /没消息就是好消息 méi xiāoxi jiùshì hǎo xiāoxi
Portuguêsnotícia ruim chega rápido, não há notícias, não há azar
Françaispas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles
Deutschkeine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichten
Italianonessuna nuova, buone nuove
Русскийот добра́ добра́ не и́щут ot dobrá dobrá ne íščut

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BibTeX
@misc{no_news_is_good_news_2026,
  title = {no news is good news},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/no%20news%20is%20good%20news},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}