no news is good news
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› said to make someone feel less worried when they have not received information about someone or something, because if something bad had happened, they would have been told about it: We haven't heard anything from the hospital today, but I suppose no news is good news.Reassuring
(Definition of no news is good news from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blandishments noun
- calm (sb) down phrasal verb
- calm verb
- comfort verb
- comforting adjective
- comfortingly adverb
- consolation noun
- convince verb
- emollient adjective
- get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
- hearten verb
- heartening adjective
- lift noun (MAKE HAPPY)
- lift verb (MAKE HAPPY)
- lighten verb (MAKE/BECOME LESS SERIOUS)
- reassurance noun
- reassuring adjective
- satisfy verb (BELIEVING)
- settle (sb) down phrasal verb
- they should worry! idiom
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