cut out of whole cloth



cut out of whole cloth

Completely fictional or utterly false; totally made up. A reference to tailors who would falsely advertise garments being "cut out of whole cloth," when in reality, they were pieced together from different cuts. To be honest, I don't believe a word he says—it sounds cut out of whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, cut, of, out, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Radimir-Russian
SondraSAWN-drəEnglish
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