cut from whole cloth

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cut from 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 like it's cut from whole cloth to me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zavia	ZAY-vee-ə, ZAYV-yə	English (Rare)
Andria	-	Georgian, Corsican
Kathlyn	KATH-lin	English
Elisabeth	e-LEE-zah-bet (German), e-LEE-sah-bet (Danish), i-LIZ-ə-bəth (English)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Finbarr	FIN-bar	Irish
Braiden	BRAY-dən	English (Modern)