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    No news is good news
    Not hearing about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.
  • no news is good news
    no news is good news
    Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news. This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said “No news is better than evil news” (1616).

No news is good news

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  1. Not hearing about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.


no news is good news Idioms  
  1. Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news. This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said “No news is better than evil news” (1616).


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But again, what we're uncovering in the more people we speak to is that it's almost like, "No news is good news" in terms of aviation incidents.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

No news is good news for the Hammers in January.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2013

Tess whispers, "No news is good news, right?"

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

He had a stock cliche: No news is good news.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

No news is good news; so we conclude Mrs. A. and little a are doing well.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

"The understanding is that we don't get results unless we test positive. The proverbial no news is good news," says BBC producer Pratiksha Ghildial.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022

We’ve seen no changes in Fed QE outlook so in this regard, no news is good news.

From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2021

On cut-down day, no news is good news.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2018

For the judge and putative Justice, no news is good news.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 31, 2018

Aunt Ivy would say no news is good news, but still my stomach tightened as I scanned the front page.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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