no news is good news
没消息就是好消息
►含义:
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
说这句话用来表达某人没收到关于人或事的消息时反而比较放心,因为如果有坏事,就会被告知。
►例句:
We haven’t heard anything from the front line recently, but I suppose no news is good news.
最近我们都没听到来自前线的任何消息,不过我想,没有消息就是好消息。
►对话:
A: Peter has been in the mountains for two weeks without contacting us.
彼得上山已经二周了, 没跟我们联系。
B: No news is good news.
没消息就是好消息。
►额外收获:
1.hear something from:听到来自…的消息
2.suppose:vt. 认为
3.contact:vt.联系