you're imagining things

you're imagining things

You're making things up or seeing things that are not real. You're imagining things—there's nothing going on between Bill and me.
See also: imagine, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • see things
  • see/hear things
  • seeing things
  • step things up
  • that's (just) how it goes
  • that's (just) the way it goes
  • that's (just) the way it is
  • that's (just) the way it plays
  • That's the way it goes
  • the way it plays
References in periodicals archive
He continues to be affected by a depersonalization disorder which he has said "makes you think you're imagining things and that nothing is real," "I have a mental illness and I have been going through this (life), doing it with that," he says.
Tell your husband you're worried you're imagining things and you value his opinion.
You're imagining things. There's no electrical failure.
5DON'T assume you're imagining things. Most women are spot-on at reading the emotional temperature.
You feel like you're imagining things. I kept thinking, 'This can't really be happening to me', but it was."
YOUR intuition is at an all-time high but it may be so high you think you're imagining things. You're imagining you really could know what's going to happen next with that job, partner, house move ...