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    ВЫСАСЫВАТЬ/ВЫСОСАТЬ ИЗ ПАЛЬЦА что coll, often disapprov VP subj: human more often pfv) to say or assert sth. that is not based in fact, that one creates in his mind
    X высосал Y из пальца - X cooked (dreamed, made) up Y
    X concocted Y (in limited contexts) X pulled (spun) Y out of thin air X pulled Y out of a hat
    Y высосан из пальца - Y is a total (complete) fabrication.
    ...Спустя месяц я вышла из (тюремной) больницы, допросы пошли своим чередом, хотя обвинения следователь (Семенов) уже высасывал из пальца, очевидно нагоняя себе требуемые часы (Ивинская 1)....After a month in the prison hospital, my interrogation was resumed and went on in the same old way —though Semionov, apparently trying to make up for lost time, now began to invent new accusations, spinning them out of thin air (1a).
    Я часто думал, почему в Союзе писателей так много бывших (и не только бывших) работников карательных служб. И понял: потому что они действительно писатели. Сколько ими создано сюжетов, высосанных из пальца! (Войнович 3). I often wondered why there were so many former (and not just former) punitive-service employees in the Writers' Union. And now I understand: because they really are writers. How many plots they've created, complete fabrications! (3a).
    Кто-то сдавленным шепотом говорил рядом: «Они о людях, арестованных в тридцать седьмом году, сведения высасывают из пальца. Одной сказали: „Жив и работает", а она пришла во второй раз, и тот же дежурный ей дал справку - „Умер в тридцать девятом году"» (Гроссман 2). ( context transl 1 One of the people near her said in a stifled whisper: "When it comes to people who were arrested in 1937, they just say whatever comes into their head. One woman was told: 'He's alive and working.' She came back a second time and the same person gave her a certificate saying that her husband had died in 1939" (2a).

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  • 2 высасывать из пальца

    • ВЫСАСЫВАТЬ/ВЫСОСАТЬ ИЗ ПАЛЬЦА что coll, often disapprov
    [VP; subj: human; more often pfv]
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    ⇒ to say or assert sth. that is not based in fact, that one creates in his mind:
    - X высосал Y из пальца≈ X cooked (dreamed, made) up Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X pulled (spun) Y out of thin air;
    || Y высосан из пальца≈ Y is a total (complete) fabrication.
         ♦...Спустя месяц я вышла из [тюремной] больницы, допросы пошли своим чередом, хотя обвинения следователь [Семенов] уже высасывал из пальца, очевидно нагоняя себе требуемые часы (Ивинская 1)....After a month in the prison hospital, my interrogation was resumed and went on in the same old way - though Semionov, apparently trying to make up for lost time, now began to invent new accusations, spinning them out of thin air (1a).
         ♦ Я часто думал, почему в Союзе писателей так много бывших (и не только бывших) работников карательных служб. И понял: потому что они действительно писатели. Сколько ими создано сюжетов, высосанных из пальца! (Войнович 3). I often wondered why there were so many former (and not just former) punitive-service employees in the Writers' Union. And now I understand: because they really are writers. How many plots they've created, complete fabrications! (3a).
         ♦ Кто-то сдавленным шепотом говорил рядом: "Они о людях, арестованных в тридцать седьмом году, сведения высасывают из пальца. Одной сказали: " Жив и работает", а она пришла во второй раз, и тот же дежурный ей дал справку - "Умер в тридцать девятом году"" (Гроссман 2). [context transl] One of the people near her said in a stifled whisper: "When it comes to people who were arrested in 1937, they just say whatever comes into their head. One woman was told: 'He's alive and working.' She came back a second time and the same person gave her a certificate saying that her husband had died in 1939" (2a).

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  • 3 высосать из пальца

    • ВЫСАСЫВАТЬ/ВЫСОСАТЬ ИЗ ПАЛЬЦА что coll, often disapprov
    [VP; subj: human; more often pfv]
    =====
    ⇒ to say or assert sth. that is not based in fact, that one creates in his mind:
    - X высосал Y из пальца≈ X cooked (dreamed, made) up Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X pulled (spun) Y out of thin air;
    || Y высосан из пальца≈ Y is a total (complete) fabrication.
         ♦...Спустя месяц я вышла из [тюремной] больницы, допросы пошли своим чередом, хотя обвинения следователь [Семенов] уже высасывал из пальца, очевидно нагоняя себе требуемые часы (Ивинская 1)....After a month in the prison hospital, my interrogation was resumed and went on in the same old way - though Semionov, apparently trying to make up for lost time, now began to invent new accusations, spinning them out of thin air (1a).
         ♦ Я часто думал, почему в Союзе писателей так много бывших (и не только бывших) работников карательных служб. И понял: потому что они действительно писатели. Сколько ими создано сюжетов, высосанных из пальца! (Войнович 3). I often wondered why there were so many former (and not just former) punitive-service employees in the Writers' Union. And now I understand: because they really are writers. How many plots they've created, complete fabrications! (3a).
         ♦ Кто-то сдавленным шепотом говорил рядом: "Они о людях, арестованных в тридцать седьмом году, сведения высасывают из пальца. Одной сказали: " Жив и работает", а она пришла во второй раз, и тот же дежурный ей дал справку - "Умер в тридцать девятом году"" (Гроссман 2). [context transl] One of the people near her said in a stifled whisper: "When it comes to people who were arrested in 1937, they just say whatever comes into their head. One woman was told: 'He's alive and working.' She came back a second time and the same person gave her a certificate saying that her husband had died in 1939" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > высосать из пальца

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