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a little bird told me

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[a little bird told me] To have learned something from a mysterious, unknown, or secret source.

* /"Who told you that Dean Smith was resigning?" Peter asked. "A little bird told me," Jim answered./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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