Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “out of thin air” and it is a phrase meaning “used to say that someone/something appears suddenly and unexpectedly; from nowhere, from nothing”.
Example Sentence: Now, the president Trump is mounting what in any developing country would be called an attempted coup. He is spreading outright lies about America’s system of free and fair elections, claiming he won when he didn’t. His sycophantic legal team is pulling issues out of thin air to undermine the American system of voting.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Enough is enough: Republicans’ fealty to Trump imperils America itself and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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