weit hergeholt

Etymology
lit. 'far-fetched', as in English. One of the two may have influenced the other, though the German is certainly not a recent anglicism. The similarity may also be coincidental or there may be some classical basis.

Adjective

 * 1) far-fetched rather unlikely; resting the truth of several unknowns

Usage notes

 * Prescriptively speaking, the compared forms with a final ending should only exist in the univerbal spelling, but , are also found.