No News Is Good News Day
No News Is Good News Day is held on September 11. This event in the second decade of the month September is annual. Help us
Said to make someone feel less worried when they have not received information about someone or something, because if something bad had happened, they would have been told about it: We haven't heard anything from the hospital today, but I suppose no news is good news.
We haven’t heard that they got home safely, but I guess no news is good news. We haven't heard anything from the hospital today, but I suppose no news is good news.
The first recorded use of this exact expression in English is by James Howell in 1640, who wrote, "I am of the Italians' mind that said, 'Nulla nuova, buona nuova' (no news, good news).
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