be a figment of (one's/the) imagination



be a figment of (one's/the) imagination

To be an imagined experience (especially after one has initially thought it to be real). I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination.
See also: figment, imagination, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lazare-French
Darcy['dɑ:si]
Jingyi-Chinese
Jayanthi-Tamil, Indian, Kannada
FreyjaFRAY-ah (Norse Mythology)Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Sayyid-Arabic