spread like wildfire

spread like wildfire

English

Verb

spread like wildfire

1. (intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.

   The virus spread like wildfire throughout the Internet.

   • 1789, The Gentleman's Magazine, p651

     The propaganda of the rebels spread like wildfire, and the hopes of the more daring Irish Catholics rose high.

Translations

spread like wildfire

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 不胫而走 (zh), 不脛而走 (zh) (bù jìng ér zǒu) Czech: šířit se jako požár impf Dutch: als een lopend vuurtje n Finnish: levitä kuin kulovalkea French: se répandre comme une traînée de poudre German: sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten

Hungarian: futótűzként terjed Italian: diffondersi a macchia d'olio Japanese: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: espalhar-se como um relâmpago, espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora Russian: распространя́ться как лесно́й пожа́р (rasprostranjátʹsja kak lesnój požár) Spanish: correr como la pólvora Swedish: sprida (sv) sig som en präriebrand (sv) c Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can