no smoke without fire

English

Alternative forms

there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke, there's fire

Proverb

no smoke without fire

Gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact.

Translations

gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belizean Creole: if dah no so, dah naily so
Bengali: অকারণে কিছুই ঘটে না (bn) (okarone kichui ghoṭe na)
Catalan: quan els gossos lladren, alguna cosa senten, si l'olla bull, alguna cosa hi ha, si hi ha fum, hi ha foc
Chinese:
Cantonese: 無風不起浪／无风不起浪 (mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶), 無火不生煙／无火不生烟 (mou⁴ fo² bat¹ sang¹ jin¹)

Mandarin: 無風不起浪／无风不起浪 (zh) (wú fēng bù qǐ làng), 蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋／苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 (cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn), 無火不生煙／无火不生烟 (wú huǒ bù shēng yān)
Czech: na každém šprochu pravdy trochu (cs)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: waar rook is, is vuur, geen rook zonder vuur
Esperanto: ne ekzistas fumo sen fajro
Finnish: ei savua ilman tulta
French: il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu (fr)
German: kein Rauch ohne Feuer, wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer (de), Irgendetwas ist immer dran
Greek: δεν υπάρχει καπνός χωρίς φωτιά (den ypárchei kapnós chorís fotiá)
Hebrew: אין עשן בלי אש (he) (ein ashán bli esh)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: nem zörög a haraszt, ha a szél nem fújja
Indonesian: ada bau, ada bangkainya
Italian: non c'è fumo senza arrosto
Japanese: 火のないところに煙は立たない (ja) (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai)
Kikuyu: gatinyinyiraga gatarĩ gakunye
Korean: 아니 땐 불에 연기 나랴 (ani ttaen bure yeon'gi narya)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: der er ingen røyk uten ild

Nynorsk: der er ingen røyk utan eld
Polish: nie ma dymu bez ognia (pl)
Portuguese: não há fumaça sem fogo
Romanian: nu iese fum fără foc
Russian: нет ды́ма без огня́ (ru) (net dýma bez ognjá)
Spanish: cuando el río suena, agua lleva, no hay humo sin fuego
Swedish: ingen rök utan eld
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz
Vietnamese: không có lửa làm sao có khói

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