make believe
To pretend or imagine.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The children like to make believe they are pirates.”
“During the long flight, the toddler used his toy plane to make believe he was flying across the ocean.”
“The lonely writer would often make believe that his fictional characters were real people sitting across from him at the dinner table.”
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absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
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Adam and Eve
[Cockney slang]believe
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believe it or not
This may be surprising, but it's true.
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believe one's ears
To believe that something which one hears is truly the case.
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believe one's eyes
To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case.
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believe you me
An emphatic form of believe me: you (the subject) had better believe me (the speaker).
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
Last updated August 10, 2026