"on everyone's lips" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=on everyone's lips}} on everyone's lips, {{en-PP|head=on everyone's lips}} on everyone's lips
  1. (figuratively) Being the subject of general discussion or rumour. Tags: figuratively Related terms: talk of the town Translations (Translations): dillərdə dastan (Azerbaijani), dillər əzbəri (Azerbaijani), dildən-dilə düşmək (Azerbaijani), kaikkien huulilla (Finnish), être sur toutes les lèvres (French), in aller Munde sein (German), na ustach wszystkich (Polish), у всех на уста́х (u vsex na ustáx) (Russian), am beul a' bhaile (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-on_everyone's_lips-en-prep_phrase-SP4QGHud Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with redundant wikilinks

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          "ref": "2023 September 12, Phil McNulty, “Scotland 1-3 England: 'Complete package' Jude Bellingham puts concluding flourish on world-class performance”, in BBC Sport",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "dillərdə dastan"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "dillər əzbəri"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "dildən-dilə düşmək"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kaikkien huulilla"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "être sur toutes les lèvres"
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          "word": "na ustach wszystkich"
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          "word": "у всех на уста́х"
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          "word": "am beul a' bhaile"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dillərdə dastan"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "word": "dildən-dilə düşmək"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kaikkien huulilla"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "être sur toutes les lèvres"
    },
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "in aller Munde sein"
    },
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "na ustach wszystkich"
    },
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      "roman": "u vsex na ustáx",
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      "word": "у всех на уста́х"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "am beul a' bhaile"
    }
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  "word": "on everyone's lips"
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