where there's smoke, there's fire

English

Pronunciation

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Proverb

where there's smoke, there's fire

1. (UK, US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) If there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring.

Related terms

• no smoke without fire

Translations

if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring

• Arabic: أَيْنَمَا يُوجَدُ دُخَان، تُوجَدُ نَار (ʔaynamā yūjadu duḵān, tūjadu nār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 无风不起浪 (zh) (wú fēng bù qǐ làng (無風不起浪))

• Dutch: waar rook is is vuur
• French: il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu (fr)
• German: wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer (de)
• Hebrew: אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ‎
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• Japanese: 火のないところに煙は立たない (ja) (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai)
• Korean: 불이없는 곳에 연기는 나지 않는다 (burieomneun gose yeon'gineun naji anneunda)
• Portuguese: onde há fumaça, há fogo (Brazil), onde há fumo, há fogo (Portugal)
• Turkish: ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz