bush telegraph | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Asystemused byundevelopedsocietiesinremoteregions forcommunicationover longdistances, such asdrumsounds,word-of-mouthrelay, orsmoke signals.2007, "From Sudan to supermodel stardom,"msnbc.com, 28 Aug.(retrieved 19 Sep. 2008):When I was born, family and friends came from all over, thanks to thebush telegraph. There were very few telephones where I grew up, so my father mentioned my birth to someone at the market. And that woman told a man who was delivering rice to a place up the road. He told someone there, who was taking a herd of cattle south, toward the villages. And pretty soon the news of my birth had spread far and wide.; (idiomatic)Agossipnetwork.1911,Jack London, chapter 9, inAdventure:I suppose you've received information, bybush-telegraph, that that third assistant understrapper and ex-sailorman at Tulagi is going to deport me as an undesirable immigrant.

Examples:

EN: Ladies and gentlemen, you've probably all heard something on our scientific bush telegraph about Dr Radcliffe's proto-proton scattering experiments.
ES: Damas y caballeros, seguro que todos han oído hablar en el mundillo científico del dispersador de protones del Dr. Radcliffe.
EN: It's called the bush telegraph... you do something off up North, the next day, the whole Sahara knows about it!
ES: Se llama el telégrafo del monte... tú haces algo en el norte, y al día siguiente se entera todo el Sahara.
EN: He'd heard on the bush telegraph that Pelham was working on the Mortmaigne collection and asked if he might see his way to giving him a private viewing.
ES: - Se enteró por rumores que Pelham trabajaba en la colección Mortmaigne y le pidió conseguirle una visita privada.
EN: All I managed to pick up on the bush telegraph was that a certain DI's in for a leg up the greasy.
ES: Lo único que me contó un pajarito es que cierto Inspector... está trepando al palo enjabonado...
EN: Morse, I've just heard it on the bush telegraph.
ES: Morse, acabo de oir el rumor.
ID: Morse, saya baru saja mendengarnya di telegraf semak.
EN: All I managed to pick up on the bush telegraph is that a certain DI is in for a leg up the greasy.
ES: Lo único que me contó un pajarito es que un Inspector está trepando el palo enjabonado.
EN: Have you heard the bush telegraph on this guy?
ES: ¿El pajarito no te contó nada sobre este tipo?
EN: He told Jane and when she, too, got better, he let the bush telegraph do the rest.
ES: Él se lo dijo a Jane y, cuando ella también se puso mejor, dejó que los rumores hiciesen el resto.
EN: - Oh, bush telegraph, love.
ES: - Un pajarito, cariño.
EN: - Know what I heard on the bush telegraph?
ES: ¿Sabes qué escuche en el telegrama del interior?
EN: Know what I heard on the bush telegraph?
ID: Tahu apa yang kudengar di telegraf semak?
EN: The bush telegraph will probably tell you, sooner or later.
TE: కుంభం భర్త ఖచ్చితంగా ఈ విషయం మీకు ముందుగానే లేదా తరువాత చెబుతుంది.
EN: The bush telegraph doesn't give in-depth stories.
TE: అయితే బోయపాటి మ్యాగ్జిమం కథ గురించి పెద్దగా వర్రీ అవ్వడు.

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