What is the English analogue of this ?
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What is the English analogue of this ?
Dream the whole thing upQuote:
Originally Posted by margol
Make smth out of thin air
Fabricate (about police charges) - Обвинения против него высосаны из пальца - The charges against him are fabricated.
Looking at what Ramil wrote, here are two more:
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concoctQuote:
concoct . . .
2 : devise, fabricate <concoct an explanation>
Etymology: Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com- + coquere to cook — more at cook
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook (click on cook[2,verb])Quote:
cook . . . 1 : concoct, fabricate —usually used with up<cooked up a scheme>