высосать из пальца

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “to suck out of one's finger”. Compare Polish wyssać z palca, Czech vycucat z prstu, German sich aus den Fingern saugen, Dutch uit de duim zuigen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɨsəsətʲ ɪs‿ˈpalʲt͡sə]

Verb

вы́сосать из па́льца • (výsosatʹ iz pálʹca) pf (imperfective выса́сывать из па́льца)

  1. (idiomatic) to think of something, to make up, to make up out of thin air, to invent (false stories, figures, etc.), to pull out of one's ass (fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence)
    Synonym: взять с потолка́ (vzjatʹ s potolká)

Conjugation

Conjugation of высосать из пальца: see высосать
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