no news is good news
idiom
—used to say that one is told only the bad things about something
We haven't heard from his teacher lately, but no news is good news.
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Not much to report, and with him, no news is good news.
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 6 May 2024
If no news is good news, then why not get no news as often as possible?
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
R29 Team, refinery29.com, 6 May 2024
If no news is good news, then why not get no news as often as possible?
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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