"where there's smoke, there's fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Audio: en-au-where there's smoke, there's fire.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proverb}} where there's smoke, there's fire
  1. (UK, US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) If there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but such rumors should be taken with a grain of salt. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, US Related terms: no smoke without fire, cockroach theory, where's the fire Translations (if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism): لَا دُخَانَ بِلَا نَار (lā duḵāna bilā nār) (Arabic), أَيْنَمَا يُوجَدُ دُخَانٌ، تُوجَدُ نَار (ʔaynamā yūjadu duḵānun, tūjadu nār) (Arabic), 無風不起浪 (Chinese Mandarin), 无风不起浪 (wú fēng bù qǐ làng) (Chinese Mandarin), na každém šprochu pravdy trochu (Czech), waar rook is is vuur (Dutch), il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu (French), wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer (German), אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ (ēn 'ashán bli esh) (Hebrew), 火のないところに煙は立たない (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai) (Japanese), 아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기 나랴 (ani ttaen gulttuge yeon'gi narya) (Korean), onde há fumaça, há fogo [Brazil] (Portuguese), onde há fumo, há fogo [Portugal] (Portuguese), нет ды́ма без огня́ (net dýma bez ognjá) (Russian), ingen rök utan eld (Swedish), kapag may usok, may apoy (Tagalog), ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-where_there's_smoke,_there's_fire-en-proverb-a7aIyptC Categories (other): American English, Australian English, British English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, English sentences, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 73 27 Disambiguation of English sentences: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism': 93 7
  2. (humorous) All rumors are true. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-where_there's_smoke,_there's_fire-en-proverb-I~Nr0vcn
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