bush telegraph

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals. / (idiomatic) A gossip network.

日本語の意味

(慣用句) 口伝えや非公式な通信手段を指す。具体的には、未開発や遠隔地の社会で、太鼓の音、口伝え、煙信号などを用いて長距離の情報伝達を行う仕組みを示す。 / (慣用句) 噂話の伝達網、いわゆるゴシップネットワークを意味する。

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News of the upcoming festival passed through the bush telegraph long before any official announcement.

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祭りの知らせは公式発表よりずっと前に、口伝えの連絡網で広まりました。

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意味（1）

When I was born, family and friends came from all over, thanks to the bush telegraph. There were very few telephones where I grew up, so my father mentioned my birth to someone at the market. And that woman told a man who was delivering rice to a place up the road. He told someone there, who was taking a herd of cattle south, toward the villages. And pretty soon the news of my birth had spread far and wide.

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