| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | hear it on the grapevine | подслушать (идиома dubina_anna) |
| gen. | hear it on the grapevine | случайно услышать (dubina_anna) |
| busin. | hear it on the grapevine | узнавать по слухам |
| idiom. | hear it on the grapevine | до меня дошёл слух (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| busin. | hear it on the grapevine | узнавать мимоходом |
| idiom. | hear it on the grapevine | птичка на хвосте принесла (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | hear something on the grapevine | услышать по сарафанному радио (An indication that a piece of information (not always reliable) was obtained via an informal contact with a person who was told it by someone else. Wakeful dormouse) |
| idiom. | hear something on the grapevine | за что купил, за то продаю (Wakeful dormouse) |
| inf. | hear something/about something on the grapevine | до кого-либо дошел слух (DrMorbid) |
| gen. | hear on the grapevine | сорока на хвосте принесла (Bob_cat) |