English Explanatory Dictionary

suck out of one's thumb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make up, to fabricate, to pull out of one's ass.

Word forms

suck out of one's thumb sucks out of one's thumb sucking out of one's thumb sucked out of one's thumb

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans uit sy duim suig, from Dutch uit zijn duim zuigen.

Related words

pull out of one's ass talk through one's hat
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