stretch of the imagination

stretch of the imagination
{n. phr.} Imaginative attempt or effort. * /By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • stretch of the imagination — {n. phr.} Imaginative attempt or effort. * /By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stretch\ of\ the\ imagination — n. phr. Imaginative attempt or effort. By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer …   Словарь американских идиом

  • by no stretch of the imagination —    The expression by no stretch of the imagination means however hard you may try to believe or imagine it .     By no stretch of the imagination could he be called handsome …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • stretch of the imagination — Synonyms and related words: apparition, brainchild, bubble, chimera, delirium, eidolon, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, fiction, figment, hallucination, idle fancy, illusion, imagery, imagination, imagining, insubstantial image, invention, maggot,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • by no stretch of the imagination — not by any/by no/stretch of the imagination phrase used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it It’s not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination. Thesaurus: ways of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not by any stretch of the imagination — not by any/by no/stretch of the imagination phrase used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it It’s not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination. Thesaurus: ways of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not by any stretch of the imagination — not by any stretch (of the imagination) even if you try, it is still difficult to accept. She was never a great player, not by any stretch of the imagination. He s nice looking but by no stretch of the imagination could you describe him as… …   New idioms dictionary

  • by any/no stretch of the imagination — see ↑stretch, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑imagination by any/no stretch of the imagination used to emphasize that something is not true, does not happen, etc. They re not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. [=they re not wealthy at all] By no… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not by any stretch of the imagination — (not) by any stretch of the imagination if you say that by no stretch of the imagination can you describe something or someone in a particular way, you mean that this way of describing them is certainly not correct. She was never a great player,… …   New idioms dictionary

  • by any stretch of the imagination — (not) by any stretch of the imagination if you say that by no stretch of the imagination can you describe something or someone in a particular way, you mean that this way of describing them is certainly not correct. She was never a great player,… …   New idioms dictionary

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