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idiom(there's) no smoke without fire(also where there's smoke there's fire)used in order to say that if people are saying something unpleasant or shocking about someone, then it is probably partly true:Even after Marston had been cleared of all charges against him, some people were still murmuring about "no smoke without fire".You can't believe everything that children say, but there's no smoke without fire, and it's certainly not a happy school.Where there is smoke there is usually fire, but in this case people have chosen to believe malicious gossip.
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