no news is good news
idiom
—used to say that one is told only the bad things about something
We haven't heard from his teacher lately, but no news is good news.
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If no news is good news, then why not get no news as often as possible?
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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“No news is good news.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20news%20is%20good%20news. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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