you can't make this stuff up
you can't make this stuff up phrase: the reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.
Phrase
you can't make this stuff up
- The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.
- I can't believe it. Elena is my sister's husband's brother's daughter, and her mother is my boyfriend's deceased wife. You... you can't make this stuff up.2011, “Daddy Issues”, in The Vampire Diaries, spoken by Jenna Sommers (Sara Canning)
Interjection
- Used to express how ironically unbelievable or ridiculous a situation is.
Synonyms of you can't make this stuff up
Forms of you can't make this stuff up
| alternative form | you can't make this up |
|---|---|
| alternative form | you couldn't make it up |
| alternative form | you couldn't make this up |
| alternative form | you can't make this shit up |
| alternative form | you couldn't make this shit up |
Origin of you can't make this stuff up
Used to describe a situation so outlandish or ridiculous that one could not have imagined it.
Questions about you can't make this stuff up
- What does you can't make this stuff up mean?
- You can't make this stuff up means the reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.
- What part of speech is you can't make this stuff up?
- You can't make this stuff up can be a phrase or an interjection.
Words near you can't make this stuff up in the dictionary
- you can't keep a good man down
- you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em
- you can't live with them, you can't live without them
- you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
- you can't make this stuff up
- you can't make this up
- you can't outrun your fork
- you can't polish a turd
- you can't polish shit
- you can't pour from an empty cup
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