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na zapleczu

English translation: hear through the grapevine

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Polish term or phrase:na zapleczu
English translation:hear through the grapevine
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

08:18 Feb 10, 2021
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Polish term or phrase: na zapleczu
Jestem oceniany jako godny zaufania pracownik, z tego, co słyszałem na zapleczu.
izabela28
Local time: 22:31
hear through the grapevine
Explanation:
To hear something through the grapevine is to learn about something. It can also simply refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information, e.g. "I heard through the grapevine that Brad died."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine_(gossip)
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hear (something) through the grapevine
To hear or learn of something through an informal means of communication, especially gossip.

hear something through the grapevine or hear something on the grapevine BRITISH
COMMON If you hear a piece of news through the grapevine or hear it on the grapevine, you are told it informally by someone who was told it by someone else. I heard through the grapevine that she was looking for work. She heard on the grapevine that he had come back to London. Note: One of the early telegraph systems in America was given the nickname `the grapevine telegraph' because the wires often became tangled, so that they reminded people of grapevines. During the American Civil War, the telegraph system was used to communicate propaganda and false information, as well as real news about the progress of battles, so that anything heard on the `grapevine' was likely to be unreliable.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hear through the grapev...
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 16:31
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Dziękuję
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hear through the grapevine


Explanation:
To hear something through the grapevine is to learn about something. It can also simply refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information, e.g. "I heard through the grapevine that Brad died."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine_(gossip)
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hear (something) through the grapevine
To hear or learn of something through an informal means of communication, especially gossip.

hear something through the grapevine or hear something on the grapevine BRITISH
COMMON If you hear a piece of news through the grapevine or hear it on the grapevine, you are told it informally by someone who was told it by someone else. I heard through the grapevine that she was looking for work. She heard on the grapevine that he had come back to London. Note: One of the early telegraph systems in America was given the nickname `the grapevine telegraph' because the wires often became tangled, so that they reminded people of grapevines. During the American Civil War, the telegraph system was used to communicate propaganda and false information, as well as real news about the progress of battles, so that anything heard on the `grapevine' was likely to be unreliable.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hear through the grapev...

Example sentence(s):
  • I heard through the grapevine that Stacy and Mark are getting a divorce.
  • "How do you know the company is going bust?" B: "I heard it through the grapevine."
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 16:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 346
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Dziękuję

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agree  legato
3 hrs
  -> Dziękuję legato. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
agree  Rafal Piotrowski: Ładne, zgrabne :)
20 hrs
  -> Dziękuję Rafale i pozdrawiam.
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