rumour has it

• rumor has it (US spelling)

rumour has it (simple past rumour had it) (British spelling)

1. According to rumour or gossip.

   Rumour has it Joe is looking for a new job.

   • 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2:

     Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.

   • 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:

     “Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.

• word has it
• hear through the grapevine
• a little bird told me

• the story goes