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Meaning of 众口铄金

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zhòng kǒu shuò jīn (Trad.: 眾口鑠金)
lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom); fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth; mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
Example Sentences
1
The tongue breaks bone, though itself has none.
2
A loyal friend will stay loyal under enormous amounts of thoughtless abuse.
3
If you sow gossip, people are going to gossip about you.
4
It sounds great, but seldom can people do that because there is another aphorism, "people's clamor can melt metals, while accumulated defamation wears the bones."
5
It was never exactly clear why this was supposed to piss people off, but after the sixth or seventh week of coverage it was just assumed that it did.