"spread like wildfire" meaning in All languages combined

See spread like wildfire on Wiktionary

Phrase [英語]

Forms: to spread like wildfire [canonical]
  1. 瞬く間に広まる。瞬時に広がる。あっという間に拡散する。燎原の火のごとく広まる。
    Sense id: ja-spread_like_wildfire-en-phrase-puQs2zNq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: levitä (フィンランド語), kuin (フィンランド語), kulovalkea (フィンランド語)
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          "text": "Scandal spreads like wildfire. (悪事千里を走る)"
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