To Pull A Phoenix Is to Yell "OBJECTION" when you don't have any evidence to support you and still end up winning. Most commonly done in a court room. This Originated By A Child By the Name Ben Martin While He was playing the "Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney" Series.
Prosecution : Betty Is A Slut because -
You : OBJECTION! Betty is not a slut because...
Jury 1 : Damn, He just Objected with out evidence!!
Jury 2 : It's called "To Pull a Phoenix"
Jury 3 : Damn Straight!
When things line up too damn well for it to be a coincidence and is obviously just the universe fucking with you.
P1: Our writing is to damn similar to not have some sort of crossover or reference to eachother
P2: Looks like the books are pulling a Phoenix again...
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"