| Subject | English | Russian |
| saying. | news spreads like wildfire | слухом земля полнится (по: S. Lubensky. R-E Dictionary of Idioms, NY: Random House, 1995, p. 631. Leonid Dzhepko) |
| Makarov. | spread like wildfire | распространяться с молниеносной быстротой |
| Makarov. | spread like wildfire | распространяться со сверхъестественной быстротой |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | распространяться как лесной пожар (Дмитрий_Р) |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | распространяться, как пожар |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | распространяться, как огонь |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | распространяться молниеносно ((of e.g. news) to spread extremely fast) |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | распространяться со сверхъестественной быстротой (о слухах, сплетнях и т. п.) |
| Makarov. | spread like wildfire | распространяться с быстротой огня |
| Makarov. | spread like wildfire | моментально распространяться |
| idiom. | spread like wildfire | распространиться со скоростью лесного пожара (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | spread like wildfire | охватить со скоростью лесного пожара (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | spread like wildfire | разлетаться со скоростью ветра/молнии (valtih1978) |
| Makarov. | spread like wildfire | быстро распространяться |
| gen. | spread like wildfire | очень быстро распространиться (о слухах, новостях и т.д.) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | молниеносно разлететься в соцсетях (A weird video circulating on social media in the Philippines shows what appears to be a shadow person sporting a long tail. Shortly after being posted online, Colasito's video spread like wildfire on social media in the Philippines with many viewers suggesting that the figure in the footage was some kind of supernatural being.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | молниеносно распространиться в соцсетях (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) • A security camera at a Peruvian market captured a guard seemingly speaking to an unseen person and the man at the center of the now-viral video has come forward with the fantastic claim that the footage shows him having a conversation with a ghost girl. The chilling scene reportedly unfolded in the city of Ventanilla last year, though the footage appears to have only popped up online earlier this month and, since then, has spread like wildlife on social media in Peru. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | распространиться в соцсетях со скоростью лесного пожара (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | разлететься в соцсетях со скоростью лесного пожара (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | моментально распространиться в соцсетях (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| soc.med. | spread like wildfire on social media | моментально разлететься в соцсетях (Nauta's video spread like wildfire on social media in Argentina with some viewers dismissing Nauta's account as merely a tall tale on her part, while others responded that they had also seen such entities in the area. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | the news spread like wildfire | известие распространилось с быстротой молнии |
| fig.of.sp. | the word spread around the town like wildfire | новость мгновенно разлетелась по городу (The word spread around Uniondale like wildfire, there was a phantom hitchhiker on the N9. daynesdiscoveries.com ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | this news will spread like wildfire | эта новость моментально разнесётся повсюду |