Phrase guide

no news is good news

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: no tenir notícies és bona notícia — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒消息就是好消息 /没消息就是好消息 (méi xiāoxi jiùshì hǎo xiāoxi) — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Dutch: geen bericht, goed bericht — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Finnish: ei uutisia on hyvä uutinen — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • French: pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • German: keine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichten — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Italian: nessuna nuova, buone nuove — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Japanese: 便りのないのは良い知らせ (tayori no nai no wa yoi shirase) — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Korean: 무소식이 희소식 (musosig-i huisosik) — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Latin: nulla nova bona nova — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ingen nyheter er gode nyheter — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Polish: brak wiadomości to dobra wiadomość — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Portuguese: notícia ruim chega rápido — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Portuguese: não há notícias, não há azar — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Russian: от добра́ добра́ не и́щут (ot dobrá dobrá ne íščut) — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Scottish Gaelic: 's math an naidheachd a bhith gun naidheachd — lack of information suggests nothing bad
  • Spanish: no tener noticias es buena noticia — lack of information suggests nothing bad