out of thin air

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   from nowhere or nothing, as if by magic

   that he simply dreams up his stories out of thin air.

   I mean, you're sittin' here, you're pulling stories out of thin air, you know?

In the movies · 3

• that he simply dreams up his stories out of thin air.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• I mean, you're sittin' here, you're pulling stories out of thin air, you know?12 Angry Men1957
• A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES,Zeitgeist: Addendum2008
• You didn't just get it out of thin air.Bicentennial Man1999
• A real fucking muse just right out of thin air.A Simple Favor2018
• You created him out of thin air. You raised him right.Almost Famous2000
• THE REAL DECEPTION IS WHEN WE DISTORT THE VALUE OF MONEY, WHEN WE CREATE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR.Zeitgeist: Addendum2008
• I got 'em dirt cheap. European agent picked my name right out of thin air.Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1948

Learn it in full scenes

• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table

From the same entry

• be skating on thin ice
• disappear, vanish, into thin air
• have a thin time
• the thin end of the wedge
• thin on top
• a thin skin
• thick on the ground
• walk a fine line
• spread yourself too thin
• through thick and thin
• wear thin

More idioms

• that'll be the day
• within reach
• your fair share of
• be to be expected
• on shoulders
• the real thing
• wait for it
• on the spot
• at your disposal
• move heaven and earth
• side by side
• on your feet