.....I heard it through the grapevine.....
I think Marvin Gaye's song gave this social idiom larger than life status....but, basically, this idiom is used in ways to express that unproven facts (rumors) are given credence over factual information, which has yet received permission to be announced in public ways.
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“The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,”
— Jillian Turecki.
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