"They tell me that woman is a gossip. Do you think she is reliable?"
"I know that whatever she says goes."
"It's just an idle rumor."
"Well, my wife's bridge club is in session. If those ladies get hold of that idle rumor, they'll soon put it to work."
A gossip is one who can make a mountain out of a molehill and then bring it to you.
Conversation being dull at an evening party, the hostess requested one of her guests to go home, that the rest might have somebody to talk about.