shout\ from\ the\ housetops

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 bleached her hair, her neighbors shouted it from the housetops.


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  • 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 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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