shout\ from\ the\ rooftops

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


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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