Bad News Travels Fast In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Bad News Travels Fast", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Min Minh calendar 2020-11-16 04:11

Meaning of Bad News Travels Fast

Synonyms:

ill news spreads apace

Bad News Travels Fast proverb negative

The proverbial saying 'bad news travels fast' contain the negative meaning because its meanings can be taken literally which is bad news circulates quickly. In a wider sense it is a comment on human nature being more interested in failure than success then share it with others
Rumors of uncountable times Nobi Nobita got zero quickly are speaded on over Japan. No wonder bad news travels fast.

The idiom bad news travels fast is another way to say people spread news about bad events very quickly

The A listers in showbiz always maintain their public images to avoid awkward moments which would turn them into jokes for netizens just because bad news travels fast.

"You know what people rumored about him?" " Of couse. bad news travels fast. He is a sucker who failed high school graduation even four times"

A: "How does the whole school already know that I got suspended?" B: "Well, bad news travels fast."

Other phrases about:

draw the short straw

To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable

these things are sent to try us

This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.

The author of your own misfortune
to be blamed because of one's own problem
you can't unring a bell

Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.

to ask for trouble
to behave in a way that is likely to incur problems or difficulties

Grammar and Usage of Bad News Travels Fast

This proverb can be used at any positions in the sentence, however, make sure that we use it with the correct context.

Origin of Bad News Travels Fast

'Bad news travels fast' is first found in print in the English author Thomas Kyd's tragedic play The Spanish Tragedy, which was written sometime between 1582 and 1592. It includes these lines:

If he lived, the news would soon be here.
Nay, evil news fly faster still than good

Bad news travels fast

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