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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These are players whose names wouldn't be on everybody's lips, even three camps ago.
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Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Knowing that whether or not the track made the cut was the question on everyone's lips, the rapper built his performance around it, winking to its ribaldry while acknowledging its significance in his trajectory, in West Coast hip-hop, and in Black culture.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Only in the drag game for 2 years, Kori has already been awarded Boston’s Best New Performer to Watch award, and is the name on everybody's lips.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
At this year's CMA Awards in Nashville, Shaboozey has been the name on everyone's lips.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Knowing that whether or not the track made the cut was the question on everyone's lips, the rapper built his performance around it, winking to its ribaldry while acknowledging its significance in his trajectory, in West Coast hip-hop, and in Black culture.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Only in the drag game for 2 years, Kori has already been awarded Boston’s Best New Performer to Watch award, and is the name on everybody's lips.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
At this year's CMA Awards in Nashville, Shaboozey has been the name on everyone's lips.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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“On everyone's/everybody's lips.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20everyone%27s%2Feverybody%27s%20lips. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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