(There's) no smoke without fire.

(There's) no smoke without fire.
(There's) no smoke without fire. & Where there's smoke there's fire.
Prov. There is usually some truth behind every rumor. •

I'm going to withdraw all my money from that bank. I read an article that the bank was in financial trouble, and where there's smoke there's fire.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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