no news is good news

English

Proverb

no news is good news

1. A lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred.

Translations

lack of information suggests nothing bad

• Catalan: no tenir notícies és bona notícia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒消息就是好消息／没消息就是好消息 (méi xiāoxi jiùshì hǎo xiāoxi)

• Dutch: geen bericht, goed bericht
• Finnish: ei uutisia on hyvä uutinen
• French: pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles (fr)
• German: keine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichten
• Italian: nessuna nuova, buone nuove
• Japanese: 便りのないのは良い知らせ (たよりのないのはよいしらせ, tayori no nai no wa yoi shirase)
• Korean: 무소식이 희소식 (ko) (musosig-i huisosik)
• Latin: nulla nova bona nova
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ingen nyheter er gode nyheter

• Polish: brak wiadomości to dobra wiadomość
• Portuguese: notícia ruim chega rápido (Brazil)
• Russian: отсу́тствие новосте́й — уже́ хоро́шая но́вость (otsútstvije novostéj — užé xoróšaja nóvostʹ), от добра́ добра́ не и́щут (ru) (ot dobrá dobrá ne íščut)
• Scottish Gaelic: 's math an naidheachd a bhith gun naidheachd

See also

• bad news travels fast