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To hear something through the grapevine is to learn of something informally and unofficially by means of gossip or rumor. The usual implication is that the information was passed person to person by word of mouth, perhaps in a confidential manner among friends or colleagues. It can also imply an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. For instance "I heard through ''the grapevine'' that Brad was getting fired." ==Etymology== In his autobiography ''Up From Slavery'', Booker T. Washington says that slaves in the South kept up-to-date on current events by "what was termed the 'grape-vine' telegraph." However, the New York Public Library contests that the phrase derives from the infamous Grapevine Tavern in New York City's Greenwich Village. During the Civil War it "...was a popular hangout of Union officers and Confederate spies... It was the ideal place to get news and information, or in the case of spies and politicians, the ideal place to spread rumors and gossip, leading to the popular phrase 'heard it through the grapevine'."〔(''Village Landmarks - The Old Grapevine Tavern'' New York Public Library )〕〔''Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960'', Ross Wetzsteon, Simon & Schuster, 2002〕 The term gained a boost in popularity through its use in the Motown song ''I Heard It Through the Grapevine'', a major hit single for both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips in the late 1960s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grapevine (gossip)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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