there's no smoke without fire (also where there’s smoke there’s fire) spokenTRUERUMOUR/RUMOR used to say that if something bad is being said about someone, it is probably partly true 无火不冒烟；无风不起浪；事出必有因there’s no smoke without fire• And if you believe there's no smoke without fire, Sean Young must be a towering inferno.• But there's no smoke without fire.
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