Truth is stranger than fiction.

Truth is stranger than fiction.
Fact is stranger than fiction. & Truth is stranger than fiction.
Prov. Things that really happen are harder to believe or more amazing than stories that people invent. •

Did you see the story in the newspaper about the criminal who attacks people with a toenail clipper? Fact is stranger than fiction!

Jill: I can't believe someone's paying 900 dollars for Tom's broken-down old car—it doesn't even run. Jane: Truth is stranger than fiction.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • fiction — see fact is stranger than fiction truth is stranger than fiction …   Proverbs new dictionary

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