Wiktionary
adv. (context idiomatic English) from non-existent, unknown or hidden resources alt. (context idiomatic English) from non-existent, unknown or hidden resources
WordNet
adv. without warning; "your cousin arrived out of thin air" [syn: out of nothing, from nowhere]
Wikipedia
Out of Thin Air may refer to:
- "Out of Thin Air", a song by Howard Jones from Cross That Line
- "Out of Thin Air", a song from the 1996 film Aladdin and the King of Thieves
- "Out of Thin Air", an episode of Black Scorpion
- Out of Thin Air: The Brief Wonderful Life of Network News, a 1991 memoir by Reuven Frank
Usage examples of "out of thin air".
There had been sheets of meaningless symbol writing, but also there had been many clear, three-dimensional pictures, accompanied by a singsong commentary in an alien tongue, seemingly voiced out of thin air.
She might have only stepped from the shrubbery that lined the path, but Deoris believed, then and always, that she had simply appeared out of thin air.
No one could fabricate a believable excuse out of thin air like a nine-year-old.
The incredulity on their faces when he appeared out of thin air, the horror when they realized he had not come to save them, were treasured memories.
It would not be pleasant to have those men suddenly stepping out of thin air right here in the Tower, would it?
Like most designers, Randy got over the problem by slapping together a few rudimentary equations that he basically just pulled out of thin air.
At the other end of the room, just a few yards away, the stranger had made his appearance out of thin air.