pull something out of thin air
- pull something out of thin air
pull something out of a hat & pull something out of thin air
1. Lit. [for a magician] to make something, such as a live rabbit, seem to appear by pulling it out of a top hat or out of the air. •
He pulled a rabbit out of a hat and then pulled a chicken out of thin air.
2. Fig. to produce something seemingly out of nowhere. •
Where am I going to get the money? I can't just pull it out of a hat!
•
I don't know where she found the book. She pulled it out of thin air, I guess.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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