взять с потолка

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Verb

взять с потолка́ (vzjatʹ s potolkápf (imperfective брать с потолка́)

  1. (transitive, informal) to pull out of thin air, to make up, to pull out of one's ass
    Synonym: вы́сосать из па́льца (výsosatʹ iz pálʹca)