ЛЮДСКАЯ МОЛВА ЧТО МОРСКАЯ ВОЛНА

What people talk about gets around. See На чужой роток не накинешь платок (H)Cf: Anyone can start a rumor, but none can stop one (Am.). Gossip needs no carriage (Am.). Gossips are frogs, they drink and talk (Br.). Gossips drink and talk; frogs drink and squawk (Am.). Rumour grows as it goes (Br.). Rumour is a bubble that soon bursts (Br.)