Multiple choice general knowledge

Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets: The mother did not speak with her daughter for several weeks but she believed that (not hearing anything meant that everything was probably all right) so she did not worry.

  1. necessity is the mother of invention

  2. there is no smoke without fire

  3. no news is good news

  4. nothing succeeds like success
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'No news is good news' is a common idiom meaning that if you haven't heard anything bad, things are probably going well. The mother's belief that silence indicated everything was fine aligns perfectly with this expression.

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