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be a figment of your/the imagination

if something is a figment of your imagination, it seems real although it is not. I thought I saw someone standing in the shadows, but it was just a figment of my imagination.

See also: figment

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, not by any stretch of the imagination. He's pleasant looking but by no stretch of the imagination could you describe him as handsome.

See also: any, stretch

a flight of fancy/fantasy/imagination

an idea which shows a lot of imagination but which is not practical or useful in real situations. You were talking about cycling across the US, or was that just another flight of fancy?

See also: fancy, flight

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a figment of your imagination

something created by your mind. I thought I saw someone standing in the shadows, but it was just a figment of my imagination.

See also: figment