TODAY'S IDIOM: WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE

"WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE"

If it looks like something is wrong, something probably is wrong.

Example: The normally boisterous children were unusually quite when father came home. Something must be wrong he thought, where there's smoke there's fire. Then he found out that they broke the window.

Si el río suena, es porque agua lleva.

Example sentences:

• People like to think where there's smoke, there's fire, so they will always believe you were involved even if you weren't. / La gente piensa que si el río suena, es porque agua lleva, entonces siempre pensarán que tu estuviste involucrado incluso si no lo estuviste.

• I'm going to withdraw all my money from that bank. I read an article that the bank was in financial trouble, and where there's smoke there's fire / Voy a retirar todo mi dinero de ese banco. Leí un artículo en el que el banco estaba en problemas financieros y si el río suena, e sporque agua lleva.

Additional examples:

• If there is evidence of a problem then there probably is a problem where there's smoke there's fire and the discussion of the safety problem suggested that the company should try to do something about it.

• The company said that they were doing great, but several of top leaders were heading to other companies, even competitors, so something seemed to be wrong. Where there's smoke, there's fire; soon afterwards they started layoffs. 

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