Luna Linh
2021-03-05 11:03
Hear it Through the Grapevine American spoken language verb phrase
To hear or learn of something passed from one person to another or an unofficial source
I heard through the grapevine that Kate failed the exam twice.
A: "How do you know David went bankrupt?" B: "I heard it through the grapevine."
I heard through the grapevine that Jake was having an affair with his neighbor.
To talk
Used to indicate that a lot of people are talking about or discuss something
Someone who loves to gossip
Used to indicate any gossip, rumor, or unfounded information that spread in the military latrines (communal toilets).
If something is on everyone's lips, people are discussing or talking about it.
The verb "hear" is often conjugated in the simple past.
This phrase dated back to the mid-1800s, referred to the American telegraph system whose name was "the grapevine telegraph". It was named like that because of the tangled wires reminded them of grapevines. During the American Civil War, this system was used to communicate propaganda or false information, therefore most news heard on "grapevines" are often unreliable. Some people also say that grapevines also carry the connotation of rural poverty, and could thus indicate mouth-to-mouth gossip between people who couldn’t afford more sophisticated technology.
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