They have received terrible tidings that will go down into the depths of their hearts.
So his news is very good tidings indeed; it is the best we have had, if he is to be believed.
I am pleased to bear glad tidings from my own country.
I should have liked to be the bearer of such tidings but, alas!
I am glad to have been the bearer of such happy tidings.
We remember when the first glad tidings were announced, with what joy they were received!
Television could scarcely complete a programme on the subject without his gloomy tidings and instructions on hygiene.
I am only the carrier of good tidings.