no smoke without fire

English

Alternative forms

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

Proverb

no smoke without fire

1. Gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact.

Translations

gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無風不起浪 (cmn), 无风不起浪 (cmn) (wúfēng bù qǐ làng)

• Finnish: ei savua ilman tulta (fi)
• French: il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (fr)
• German: kein Rauch ohne Feuer (de), wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer (de)

• Polish: nie ma dymu bez ognia (pl)
• Russian: нет дыма без огня (ru) (net dýma bez ognjá)
• Spanish: no hay humo sin fuego (es)
• Swedish: ingen rök utan eld (sv)
• Turkish: ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz (tr)