Meanings
proverb
- A lack of information reported about a situation suggests that nothing unfortunate has occurred.
The mail box is empty / It's empty as can be / Because there's no letters worth reading / So goes the saying / No news is good news / But not in my case / Of waiting
1977, Brainstorm, “Waiting for Someone”, in Stormin'
Translations
Catalan no tenir notícies és bona notícia
- no tenir notícies és bona notícialack of information suggests nothing bad
Chinese Mandarin 沒消息就是好消息 /没消息就是好消息
- 沒消息就是好消息 /没消息就是好消息 (méi xiāoxi jiùshì hǎo xiāoxi)lack of information suggests nothing bad
Dutch geen bericht, goed bericht
- geen bericht, goed berichtlack of information suggests nothing bad
Finnish ei uutisia on hyvä uutinen
- ei uutisia on hyvä uutinenlack of information suggests nothing bad
French pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles
- pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelleslack of information suggests nothing bad
German keine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichten
- keine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichtenlack of information suggests nothing bad
Italian nessuna nuova, buone nuove
- nessuna nuova, buone nuovelack of information suggests nothing bad
Japanese 便りのないのは良い知らせ
- 便りのないのは良い知らせ (tayori no nai no wa yoi shirase)lack of information suggests nothing bad
Korean 무소식이 희소식
- 무소식이 희소식 (musosig-i huisosik)lack of information suggests nothing bad
Latin nulla nova bona nova
- nulla nova bona novalack of information suggests nothing bad
Norwegian Bokmål ingen nyheter er gode nyheter
- ingen nyheter er gode nyheterlack of information suggests nothing bad
Polish brak wiadomości to dobra wiadomość
- brak wiadomości to dobra wiadomośćlack of information suggests nothing bad
Portuguese notícia ruim chega rápido, não há notícias, não há azar
- notícia ruim chega rápidolack of information suggests nothing bad
- não há notícias, não há azarlack of information suggests nothing bad
Russian от добра́ добра́ не и́щут
- от добра́ добра́ не и́щут (ot dobrá dobrá ne íščut)lack of information suggests nothing bad
Scottish Gaelic 's math an naidheachd a bhith gun naidheachd
- 's math an naidheachd a bhith gun naidheachdlack of information suggests nothing bad
Spanish no tener noticias es buena noticia
- no tener noticias es buena noticialack of information suggests nothing bad
Cite this entry
APA
no news is good news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20news%20is%20good%20news
MLA
“no news is good news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20news%20is%20good%20news. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no news is good news,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20news%20is%20good%20news.
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