С-355

ПО СЛУХАМ PrepP Invar

1. \С-355 знать, узнавать что \С-355

adv

(to know, find out sth. ) from the conversations or words of others

through hearsay

through the grapevine from rumors.

2. (sent adv

usu. parenth )) according to rumors, stories etc that are being circulated

rumor has it

it is rumored by all accounts (in limited contexts) ...or so they say.

Старуха, не будь дура, отнесла записку (Сталина) не на склад, а в музей Революции, где получила такую сумму, что купила под Москвой домик, коровку, ушла с работы и, по слухам, до сих пор возит молоко на Тишинский рынок (Войнович 5). The old woman, no fool, did not take the note (written by Stalin) to the storehouse but to the Museum of the Revolution, where she sold it for enough money to buy herself a little house near Moscow and a cow, she quit her job, and rumor has it that to this day she's still bringing in milk to sell at Tishinsky market (5a).

...По слухам, такие челюсти делают специально для космонавтов... (Зиновьев 1). ...It was rumoured that these jaws had been specially made for the cosmonauts... (1a).

Двурушник, по слухам, получил приличный гонорар за что-то, так что деньги у него наверняка были (Зиновьев 1). By all accounts Double-dealer had just received a very healthy fee for something so he almost certainly had some cash (1a).