out of thin air en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) From nowhere or nothing; from a non-existent or unknown source.
They don't seem to want to work to earn a living. They think they can make money out of thin air.
"The criminal cases against Thanathorn show the military government's contempt for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful dissent. It's a glaring example of how draconian laws are pulled out of thin air and arbitrarily enforced to punish the prominent opposition leader," he said.
2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 06 Apr 2019:
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Relateds
hammerspace · thin air · ex nihilo · pull out of one's ass · into thin air
Synonyms
Translations (12)
it dal nulla (from non-existent resource) · it fuori dal cilindro (from non-existent resource) · da ud af den blå luft (from non-existent resource) · es de la nada (from non-existent resource) · tr yoktan (from non-existent resource) · pl z sufitu (from non-existent resource) · zh 無中生有 /无中生有 (from non-existent resource) · ru из воздуха (from non-existent resource) · fr de nulle part (from non-existent resource) · pt do nada (from non-existent resource) · de aus dem Nichts (from non-existent resource) · fi tyhjästä (from non-existent resource)