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spread like wildfire
spread quickly, go public News of the assassination spread like wildfire.
coldfish
a person who is unemotional or insensitive
Like wildfire
If something happens or spreads like wildfire, it happens very quickly and intensely.
goldfish bowl|bowl|goldfish
n.,
slang,
informal 1. A situation in which it is not possible to keep things secret for any length of time.
Washington Society is a goldfish bowl. 2. An apartment or place that provides no privacy for its occupant, e.g., an office that has too many windows.
Joe's office is a goldfish bowl, that's why I didn't let him kiss me there.
midfield stripe|midfield|stripe
n. The line across the center of a football field; the 50-yard line.
The visitors were able to cross the midfield stripe once during the whole game.
spread like wildfire|spread|wildfire
v. phr. To spread uncontrollably and rapidly.
Bad news has a tendency to spread like wildfire.
goldfish bowl
goldfish bowl A situation affording no privacy, as in
Being in a goldfish bowl comes with the senator's job—there's no avoiding it. The glass bowl allowing one to view goldfish from every direction was transferred first, in the 1920s, to a police interrogation room equipped with a one-way mirror. By the mid-1900s the expression was being used more broadly.
wildfire
wildfire see
spread like wildfire.