spread like wildfire

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 不脛而走 /不胫而走 (bù jìng ér zǒu) — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Czech: šířit se jako požár — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Dutch: als een lopend vuurtje verspreiden — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Finnish: levitä kuin kulovalkea — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• French: se répandre comme une traînée de poudre — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• German: sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Hungarian: futótűzként terjed — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Italian: diffondersi a macchia d'olio — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Japanese: 瞬く間に広まる (shibatataku aida ni hiromaru) — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Polish: rozchodzić się lotem błyskawicy — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Polish: rozejść się lotem błyskawicy — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Portuguese: espalhar como um relâmpago — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Portuguese: espalhar como um rastilho de pólvora — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Russian: распространя́ться как лесно́й пожа́р (rasprostranjátʹsja kak lesnój požár) — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Spanish: correr como la pólvora — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Swedish: sprida sig som en präriebrand — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
• Swedish: sprida sig som en löpeld — spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably