hear … through[on] the grapevine1.소문[낭설]을 듣다

hear … through[on] the grapevine

 

1.소문[낭설]을 듣다

hear through the grapevin

verb (idiomatic) to hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends

 

on/through the grapevin

by talking in an informal way to other people

 

hear on the grapevin.

• [Verb] (idiomatic) to hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends

I hear on the grapevine that you and your girl friend split up. Is that trur?

너와 여자친구가 헤어졌다는 소문을 들었어. 사실이니?

 

hear on the grapevine 소문. 풍문으로 듣다

 

grapevine은 포도 덩덩굴 외에 정버가 퍼지는 경로라는 뜻도 있으며 

hear by word of mouth, lear(know) by(from) hearsay같은 으미의 표현 입니다.

I don't trust things I hear by word of mouth.

나는 풍문으로 들은 것은 믿지않는다

 

I also know it by hearsay

나는 소문으로 들어서 알고 있다