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English
Phrase
rumour has it
people who gossip are saying that..., there is a rumor going around that...
Rumour has it Joe is looking for a new job.
2014 , Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis ", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
“Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.
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there is a rumor that...
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有 傳言 說 ……/ 有 传言 说 …… , 有 传言 说 …… ( yǒu chuányán shuō… )
Finnish: huhu kertoo , huhutaan
French: il parait (fr) (que…), le bruit court (fr) (que…), on dit (fr) (que…)
Georgian: ხმა დადის ( xma dadis )
German: man sagt, dass ... (de) , Gerüchte besagen, dass ... (de)
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Japanese: …という うわさ だ ( ... to iu uwasa da ) ( informative or plain style )
Korean: ...라고 소문 이다 ( ...rago somunida )
Ngazidja Comorian: hari
Portuguese: dizem por aí
Russian: говоря́т , что ... ( govorját, što ... ) , хо́дят слу́хи , что ... ( xódjat slúxi, što ... )
Spanish: dicen las malas lenguas
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