no news is good news

English

Proverb

no news is good news

A lack of information about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.

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: Nulla nuova, buona nuova
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 huisosig)
Latin: nulla nova bona nova
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ingen nyheter er gode nyheter
Polish: brak wiadomości to dobra wiadomość
Portuguese: notícia ruim chega rápido
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

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