on everyone's/everybody's lips

phrase

informal
: being said or discussed by many people
The celebrity murder trial was on everyone's lips.

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Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, names like Sally Jessy Raphael, Jerry Springer, and Ricki Lake were on everybody's lips. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026 Snow is the word on everyone's lips this week as weather forecasters show predictions for several inches of snow in the Mid-South. Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Jan. 2026 Taking out a free agent rather than a member of a tight three whose name has been on everybody's lips ever since the merge is pretty suspect from a strategic perspective. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025 Click or tap here to learn more about the massive levy on everyone's lips in Butler County. Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2025 Naturally, the question of what would have happened if Ohtani hadn't left the mound was on everyone's lips. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 These are players whose names wouldn't be on everybody's lips, even three camps ago. Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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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 Jul. 2026.

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