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
Lionel['laiənl]
Helewidis-Ancient Germanic
BogdanBAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Nkechi-Western African, Igbo
HeidaHIE-dahGerman
Aniket-Indian, Hindi, Marathi