shout from the housetops

shout from the housetops
or[shout from the rooftops] {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell everyone; broadcast, especially one's own personal business. * /Mr. Clark was so happy when his son was born that he shouted the news from the housetops./ * /When Mary bleached her hair, her neighbors shouted it from the housetops./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • shout\ from\ the\ housetops — • shout from the housetops • shout from the rooftops v. phr. informal To tell everyone; broadcast, especially one s own personal business. Mr. Clark was so happy when his son was born that he shouted the news from the housetops. When Mary… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • shout from the housetops — or[shout from the rooftops] {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell everyone; broadcast, especially one s own personal business. * /Mr. Clark was so happy when his son was born that he shouted the news from the housetops./ * /When Mary bleached her hair,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shout\ from\ the\ rooftops — • shout from the housetops • shout from the rooftops v. phr. informal To tell everyone; broadcast, especially one s own personal business. Mr. Clark was so happy when his son was born that he shouted the news from the housetops. When Mary… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • shout something from the housetops — old fashioned way of saying (see shout) …   Useful english dictionary

  • housetops — noun shout /broadcast/proclaim sth from the housetops to say something publicly so that everyone will hear or know about it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • housetop — See: SHOUT FROM THE HOUSETOPS or SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • housetop — See: SHOUT FROM THE HOUSETOPS or SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • housetop — See: shout from the housetops or shout from the rooftops …   Словарь американских идиом

  • rooftop — See: shout from the housetops or shout from the rooftops …   Словарь американских идиом

  • broadcast — v 1. transmit, send out, cable, relay, radio; air, put on the air, televise, telecast. 2. scatter, disperse, strew, bestrew, sow, disseminate; spread, circulate, distribute, propagate, pass the word around. 3. advertise, announce, publish, voice; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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