shout from the rooftops

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Announce publicly, as in Just because I won first prize you needn't shout it from the rooftops . This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people. A similar phrase, using housetops , appears in the New Testament (Luke 12:3): “That which ye have spoken ... shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” [c. 1600]

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shout down shouting distance

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