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| Subject | English | Russian |
| saying. | can't make this up | нарочно не придумаешь (Баян) |
| sl., teen., idiom. | I can't make this up | я это не придумываю (я серьёзно, досл. "я не могу выдумать это", я не был бы даже способен такое придумать; придаёт драматичности: Keisha got her ass beat for sleeping with her friend's dad last week. I can't make this up.  urbandictionary.com Shabe) |
| cliche. | you can't make some of this stuff up, can you? | нарочно не придумаешь (a listener's reaction ART Vancouver) |
| euph. | you can't make this shit up | нарочно не придумаешь (Decider) |
| saying. | you can't make this stuff up | нарочно не придумаешь (Баян) |
| saying. | you can't make this up | нарочно не придумаешь (Баян) |
| cliche. | you just can't make this stuff up | нарочно не придумаешь (Civil servants using a government credit card to pay for their meals at Hooters? Wow! You just can't make this stuff up! ART Vancouver) |