far-fetched

1. (obsolete) Brought from far away.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:

     it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].

2. Not likely; difficult to believe.

   He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

   Synonyms: outlandish, wild, impractical

• French: abracadabrant, tiré par les cheveux, à dormir debout
• German: weit hergeholt, an den Haaren herbeigezogen
• Italian: strambo, strano, inverosimile, stiracchiato
• Portuguese: improvável, forçado (slang)
• Russian: наду́манный
• Spanish: forzado, traído por los pelos, poco probable, improbable, inverosímil, jalado de los pelos, triado de los pelos