spread like wildfire

English

Verb

spread like wildfire

(intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
The virus spread like wildfire throughout the Internet.
- 1789, The Gentleman's Magazine, p651
  The propaganda of the rebels spread like wildfire, and the hopes of the more daring Irish Catholics rose high.

Translations

spread like wildfire

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不胫而走 (zh), 不脛而走 (zh) (bù jìng ér zǒu)
Czech: šířit se jako požár impf
Dutch: als een lopend vuurtje n
Finnish: levitä kuin kulovalkea
French: se répandre comme une traînée de poudre
German: sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten

Hungarian: futótűzként terjed
Italian: diffondersi a macchia d'olio
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: espalhar-se como um relâmpago, espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora
Russian: распространя́ться как лесно́й пожа́р (rasprostranjátʹsja kak lesnój požár)
Spanish: correr como la pólvora
Swedish: sprida (sv) sig som en präriebrand (sv) c
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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