David Fishman @pretentiouswhat · 01 Sep 2026

@teortaxesTex In Chinese, there is a similar case, such as "空穴来风". Originally, it meant that when a rumor spreads, it cannot be without reason—there must be some basis for it. Later, however, it came to mean the opposite: that a rumor has spread without any good reason or basis.

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