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Pedroski

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He's inclined to put two and two together and make five ( = make an incorrect guess from what he sees , hears, etc. ).

 

他爱捕风捉影, 听风就是雨.

 

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He is rather inclined to put two and two together and make five. 他一推测就出圈儿。

 

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Put two and two together and get/make five

2) She thought I was pregnant. I was sick a couple of times and she put two and two together and made five.

她以为我怀孕了,其实我只是有几次想呕吐,她就妄加猜想/妄下结论。

 

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Isn't 瞎子摸象 more that you only have part of the information but think you know it all, rather than having a few pieces of information and drawing incorrect conclusions? (Not sure if I'm explaining it well, but from what I know it's not quite the same.)

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