shout from the rooftops

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1. Announce publicly, as in Just because I won first prize you needn't shout it from the rooftops. This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people. A similar phrase, using housetops, appears in the New Testament (Luke 12:3): “That which ye have spoken ... shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” [c. 1600]

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shout from the rooftops

"I want to shout from the rooftops -- if you are 45 or older, talk to your doctor," the father of six said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

“The biggest lesson that we’ve been trying to shout from the rooftops is not to take the Hispanic community for granted.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

We know this because Samsung has done everything except shout from the rooftops that the next S-series Ultra will absorb the Note and its built-in stylus.

From The Verge ● Feb. 8, 2022

If reinventing an iconic magazine means taking aim at music’s sacred cows and finding ways to shout from the rooftops, both Noah Shachtman and Gus Wenner seem ready to do just that.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021

“Not just any school, Jude. A school that will let you shout from the rooftops every single day for four years. Don’t you two want to shout from the rooftops?”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson