from thin air

from thin air
if something appears from thin air, it appears suddenly in a mysterious way

I can’t just make money appear out of thin air.

Thesaurus: to appear slightly, suddenly or temporarilysynonym
Main entry: thin

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  • out of thin air — from nowhere or nothing. How can magicians produce coins out of thin air? Pascal s discoveries did not come from thin air they re based on the work of earlier mathematicians. Related vocabulary: out of the blue …   New idioms dictionary

  • Into Thin Air — Infobox Book name = Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jon Krakauer illustrator = cover artist = country = language = Engish,Chinese,Japenese series = subject = genre …   Wikipedia

  • out of thin air — {adv. phr.} Out of nothing or from nowhere. * /The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of thin air./ * /On the way home from town, Tom saw a house standing on the lot that had been empty that morning; it seemed to have appeared… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of thin air — {adv. phr.} Out of nothing or from nowhere. * /The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of thin air./ * /On the way home from town, Tom saw a house standing on the lot that had been empty that morning; it seemed to have appeared… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of thin air — adverb without warning your cousin arrived out of thin air • Syn: ↑out of nothing, ↑from nowhere * * * out of thin air used to say that someone or something appears in a sudden and unexpected way He appeared out of thin air. [=out of nowhere] …   Useful english dictionary

  • out\ of\ thin\ air — adv. phr. Out of nothing or from nowhere. The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of thin air. On the way home from town, Tom saw a house standing on the lot that had been empty that morning; it seemed to have appeared out of thin …   Словарь американских идиом

  • out of thin air — adverb from non existent, unknown or hidden resources They dont seem to want to work to earn a living. They think they can make money out of thin air. Syn: out of nowhere …   Wiktionary

  • out of thin air — out of nothing or from nowhere The deer seemed to jump out of thin air and onto the road …   Idioms and examples

  • thin — thin1 [ θın ] adjective *** ▸ 1 short between edges ▸ 2 with little fat on body ▸ 3 small in number/amount ▸ 4 flowing easily ▸ 5 without much evidence ▸ 6 growing far apart ▸ 7 about voice/sound ▸ 8 air: with little oxygen ▸ 9 smile: not sincere …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • thin — I UK [θɪn] / US adjective Word forms thin : adjective thin comparative thinner superlative thinnest *** Other ways of saying thin: slim thin in an attractive way: He was looking much slimmer after his holiday. slender thin in a graceful way: a… …   English dictionary

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