on everyone's/everybody's lips
idiom
informal
: being said or discussed by many people
The celebrity murder trial was on everyone's lips.
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He'd already been nominated for an Oscar for that performance and for 1969's Midnight Cowboy when Pacino became the name on everybody's lips.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The year was 1977 and Dolly Parton's name was on everyone's lips.
—Robert Windeler, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
After the recent 2022 Tony Awards, there was one name on everybody's lips (no, not Roxie) — Joaquina Kalukango.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 June 2022
The name on everybody's lips is gonna be ... Pamela!
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
Ariana Madix is going to be the name on everybody's lips.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
Here's what went down: On October 19, Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang appeared as a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss a range of topics, including the celebrity couple that has been on everybody's lips since Swift attended that first Kansas City Chiefs game on September 24.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2023
As Tom Brady's one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers draws to a close, the question on everybody's lips is whether the quarterback will renew, sign with a different team, or even possibly return to his former team, the New England Patriots.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
The big question on everybody's lips is of course, who is our new Bachelor?
—Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
The year was 1977 and Dolly Parton's name was on everyone's lips.
—Robert Windeler, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
After the recent 2022 Tony Awards, there was one name on everybody's lips (no, not Roxie) — Joaquina Kalukango.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 June 2022
The name on everybody's lips is gonna be ... Pamela!
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
Ariana Madix is going to be the name on everybody's lips.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
Here's what went down: On October 19, Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang appeared as a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss a range of topics, including the celebrity couple that has been on everybody's lips since Swift attended that first Kansas City Chiefs game on September 24.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2023
As Tom Brady's one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers draws to a close, the question on everybody's lips is whether the quarterback will renew, sign with a different team, or even possibly return to his former team, the New England Patriots.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
The big question on everybody's lips is of course, who is our new Bachelor?
—Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 18 May 2022
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