shout from the rooftops

Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

“Obviously, I don’t shout from the rooftops here about my past history and my whistleblower status,” Wilkerson said.

From Washington Post

But what really impressed the community recipe testers was something else: "The part to shout from the rooftops is the use of cream cheese and crème fraîche. I think all ice cream should include cream cheese!"

From Salon

“The biggest lesson that we’ve been trying to shout from the rooftops is not to take the Hispanic community for granted,” Mr. Ruiz said at the Democratic retreat in Philadelphia.

From Washington Times

“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

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