pull a rabbit out of the hat

/pˈʊl ɐ ɹˈabɪt ˌaʊtəv ðə hˈat/

/pˈʊl ɐ ɹˈæbɪt ˌaʊɾəv ðə hˈæt/

[phrase]

to pull a rabbit out of the hat

[PHRASE]

to solve a seemingly impossible problem or accomplish an extremely difficult goal unexpectedly

Examples

1. Unless somebody pulls a rabbit out of the hat by next week, we'll be bankrupt.

2. Shockingly, he did not pull a rabbit out of the hat over the second half of the season, and down the stretch, even led the team to a pitiful loss against Johnny honest-to-goodness Manziel.

3. No longer even possessing the element of surprise in a plan fraught with risk, they wanted to get the ball in Deion Sanders' hands because there's no one in the world more likely than him to pull a rabbit out of the hat and weave his way into the end zone.