grape vine

• Informeller Begriff für ein inoffizielles Kommunikationsnetz oder Gerüchte innerhalb einer Gruppe, Organisation oder Gemeinschaft, über das Informationen informal verbreitet werden.

An informal term referring to the informal communication network or rumor mill within a group, organization, or community, through which information spreads unofficially.

1. Gossip or rumorB2informal

   An informal way of spreading information or rumors from person to person.

   Gerüchte oder Klatsch

   • I heard through the grapevine that they are getting married.
   • News travels fast on the office grapevine.
   • She learned about the promotion through the grapevine.

2. PlantA2formal

   A climbing vine that produces grapes.

   Weinrebe

   • The grapevine in the garden is full of ripe grapes.
   • Farmers prune the grapevine to improve the harvest.
   • The leaves of the grapevine turn red in autumn.