no news is good news

释义

1. 没有消息就是好消息

   if there were bad news we would hear it, so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened

电影里这样说 · 7 部

• Well, let's hope no news is good news.The Sisters Brothers2018
• I have very, very good news. Very good news.Silver Linings Playbook2012
• Commander, I have news. Good news, actually.Battlestar Galactica: The Plan2009
• Bad news, bad news. Even when it's good news, it's bad news.Argo2012
• So perhaps our bad news is good news after all, and now we can all go homeThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• - No. Still hasn't called. - No news is good news, eh?In Bruges2008
• - Good news? - Very good news.The Shop Around the Corner1940

在完整场景里学

• 乌云背后的幸福线2012
  • 接出院回家路上出岔子：out on a limb（为某人担风险）
  • 出院回家谈将来打算：silver lining（一线希望）
  • 诊室里坦白病情经过：white-knuckling it（咬牙硬撑）
• 幽灵与未亡人1947
  • 宣布搬出婆家单过：come crawling back（低声下气回头求人）
  • 租房坚持要海鸥别墅：be the judge of（由自己来评判）
  • 决定租下闹鬼别墅：obstinate（固执）
• 街角的商店1940
  • 清早到店同事互相打趣：make something out of nothing（无中生有）
  • 念匿名笔友来信：earn one's daily bread（谋生）
  • 为唱歌的烟盒吵翻天：make up your mind（拿定主意）

同一词条的短语

• be bad news
• break the news
• be good news
• break new ground
• good as new
• … is the new
• a new broom
• a new kid on the block
• a new one on me
• turn over a new leaf
• what's new
• new blood