bad news travels fast

bad news travels fast

Bad news circulates quickly (because people are apt to hear it and then share it with others). A: "How does the whole school already know that I got suspended?" B: "Well, bad news travels fast."
See also: bad, fast, news, travel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Bad news travels fast.

Prov. Information about trouble or misfortune disseminates quickly (more quickly than good news). John: Hi, Andy. I'm sorry to hear you got fired. Andy: How did you know about that already? It only happened this morning. John: Bad news travels fast. I called my mother to tell her about my car accident, but my aunt had already told her. Bad news travels fast.
See also: bad, fast, news, travel
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bearer
  • bearer of bad news
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • downhill all the way
  • be downhill all the way
  • as bad as all that
  • (it's/that's the) story of my life
  • it's the story of my life
  • story of my life, the
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