made from whole cloth



made 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 made from whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, made, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gustavegoo-STAHVFrench
AindrÉAsAHN-dray-as Irish
Priscillapri-SIL-ə (English), pree-SHEEL-lah (Italian)English, French, Italian, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
Jorunn-Norwegian
KaarloKAH:R-loFinnish
Abhilasha-Indian, Hindi