talk of the town

This paralyzing dread was suddenly the talk of the town — but it has also, very noticeably, remained absent in some circles.

As rusty as several of the satellite dishes themselves, the project, once the talk of the town, has seemingly been relegated to a footnote in China's soft-power outreach.

The hearing in The Hague was the talk of the town Thursday, she said.

It’s rare that condensed matter physics is the talk of the town.

The broken timepiece has been the talk of the town for almost three years.