make believe
idiomTo pretend or imagine.
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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.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.