噂うわさに上のぼる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

be gossiped about; become the subject of rumors

Used when someone or something becomes a topic of gossip or rumor. Often implies that the subject is being talked about by others, sometimes negatively.

• 彼かれの奇き妙みょうな行こう動どうが近きん所じょで噂うわさに上のぼっている。

  His strange behavior is being gossiped about in the neighborhood.

• あの二人ふたりの関かん係けいはよく噂うわさに上のぼる。

  The relationship between those two often becomes the subject of rumors.