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there's no smoke without fire
UK saying (US where there's smoke, there's fire)Definition
› If unpleasant things are said about someone or something, there is probably a good reason for it: She says the accusations are not true, but there's no smoke without fire.Reputation
(Definition of there's no smoke without fire from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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there's no escaping the fact idiom
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there's no help for it idiom
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there's no knowing idiom
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there's no knowing/telling/saying idiom
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there's no rest for the wicked idiom
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there's no such thing as a free lunch idiom
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there's no such thing/person (as) idiom
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there's no time like the present idiom
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there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
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there's nothing in sth idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Reputation
Synonyms and related words:
- by reputation idiom
- cred noun
- credibility noun
- disreputable adjective
- disrepute noun
- hold sb in high/low repute idiom
- honorably adverb
- honourable adjective
- infamous adjective
- infamy noun
- name noun
- never live sth down idiom
- notoriety noun
- notorious adjective
- reputable adjective
- repute noun
- standing noun (REPUTATION)
- stature noun (REPUTATION)
- your name is mud idiom
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