out of thin air

[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 air./

Compare: INTO THIN AIR.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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