idioms using “news”

No news is good news

Hearing nothing means everything is okay

“No one has heard from Iida-san since she took the job in Paris; I hope no news is good news.”

Break the news

To tell someone something they don’t know (usually bad news)

“I hate to be the one to break the news; our team is being ordered to stop the project at the end of the month.”

It’s news to (me)

I didn’t know that.

“We’re hiring five new staffers? It’s news to me.”

Make the news

To be mentioned in the mass media

“Though the company tried to keep it quiet, the factory closing made the news.”

Bad news travels fast

News about bad things circulates faster than news about good things

“The company received over 100 phone calls about the train accident by 8 a.m. Bad news travels fast.”