you can't make this stuff up

• you can't make this up
• you couldn't make it up
• you couldn't make this up
• you can't make this shit up
• you couldn't make this shit up

Used to describe a situation so outlandish or ridiculous that one could not have imagined it.

you can't make this stuff up

1. (often as an aside) The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.

   Synonyms: fact is stranger than fiction, truth is stranger than fiction

   • 2011, “Daddy Issues”, in The Vampire Diaries, spoken by Jenna Sommers (Sara Canning):

     I can't believe it. Elena is my sister's husband's brother's daughter, and her mother is my boyfriend's deceased wife. You... you can't make this stuff up.

you can't make this stuff up

1. Used to express how ironically unbelievable or ridiculous a situation is.