etwas aus dem Ärmel schütteln
to pull something out of one's hat / to do effortlessly
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Indefinite pronoun 'etwas' (something)Indefinitpronomen 'etwas'
- Indefinite pronoun 'jemand' (someone)Indefinitpronomen 'jemand'
- Indefinite pronoun 'niemand' (no one)Indefinitpronomen 'niemand'
- Conjunctional adverb 'trotzdem' (nevertheless)Konjunktionaladverb 'trotzdem'
- Absolute accusative and free adjunctsAbsoluter Akkusativ und freie Angaben
Examples
So eine schüttelt nicht aus dem .
You can't just pull a speech like that out of your hat.