Idiom
out of thin air
Meaning
From nowhere or nothing; from a non-existent or unknown source.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He suddenly produced a coin out of thin air.”
“The magician seemed to pull a white rabbit out of thin air during his performance.”
“The witness claimed the suspect appeared out of thin air, leaving the investigators puzzled by the lack of physical evidence.”
Examples
simple
“He suddenly produced a coin out of thin air.”
contextual
“The magician seemed to pull a white rabbit out of thin air during his performance.”
complex
“The witness claimed the suspect appeared out of thin air, leaving the investigators puzzled by the lack of physical evidence.”
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