no smoke without fire

English

Alternative forms

• there's no smoke without fire; where there's smoke, there's fire

Pronunciation

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Proverb

no smoke without fire

1. Gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact.

Translations

gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact

• Arabic: لاَ دُخَانَ بِلاَ نَارٍ
• Azerbaijani: od olmayan yerdən tüstü çıxmaz, ocaq yanmasa tüstü çıxmaz
• Belizean Creole: if dah no so, dah naily so
• Bengali: অকারণে কিছুই ঘটে না (bn) (okarone kichui ghoṭe na)
• Catalan: quan els gossos lladren, alguna cosa senten, si l'olla bull, alguna cosa hi ha, si hi ha fum, hi ha foc
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 無風不起浪 / 无风不起浪 (mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶), 無火不生煙 / 无火不生烟 (mou⁴ fo² bat¹ sang¹ jin¹)

  Mandarin: 無風不起浪 / 无风不起浪 (zh) (wú fēng bù qǐ làng), 蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋 / 苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 (cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn), 無火不生煙 / 无火不生烟 (wú huǒ bù shēng yān)

• Czech: na každém šprochu pravdy trochu (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: waar rook is, is vuur, geen rook zonder vuur
• Esperanto: ne ekzistas fumo sen fajro
• Finnish: ei savua ilman tulta
• French: il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (fr)
• Georgian: კვამლი უცეცხლოდ არ ჩნდება (ḳvamli ucecxlod ar čndeba)
• German: kein Rauch ohne Feuer, wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer (de), irgendetwas ist immer dran
• Greek: δεν υπάρχει καπνός χωρίς φωτιά (den ypárchei kapnós chorís fotiá)
• Hebrew: אין עשן בלי אש (he) (ein ashán bli esh)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: nem zörög a haraszt, ha a szél nem fújja
• Indonesian: ada bau, ada bangkainya
• Italian: non c'è fumo senza arrosto
• Japanese: 火のないところに煙は立たない (ja) (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai)
• Kikuyu: gatinyinyiraga gatarĩ gakunye
• Korean: 아니 땐 불에 연기 나랴 (ani ttaen bure yeon'gi narya), 아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기 날까 (ko) (ani ttaen gulttuge yeon'gi nalkka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: der er ingen røyk uten ild

  Nynorsk: der er ingen røyk utan eld

• Polish: nie ma dymu bez ognia (pl)
• Portuguese: não há fumaça sem fogo
• Romanian: nu iese fum fără foc
• Russian: нет ды́ма без огня́ (ru) (net dýma bez ognjá)
• Spanish: cuando el río suena, agua lleva, no hay humo sin fuego
• Swedish: ingen rök utan eld
• Thai: ไม่มีมูลฝอยหมาไม่ขี้ (th) (mâi-mii-muun-fɔ̌i-mǎa-mâi-kîi), ไม่มีมูลหมาไม่ขี้ (mâi-mii-muun-mǎa-mâi-kîi)
• Turkish: ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: нема́ ди́му без вогню́ (nemá dýmu bez vohnjú)
• Vietnamese: không có lửa làm sao có khói