made out of whole cloth



made 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 made out of whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, made, of, out, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dorina (1)do-REE-nahRomanian
FranzFRAHNTSGerman
HarveyHAHR-veeEnglish
BraŇKa-Slovak
Mercurius-Roman Mythology
Spring[spriŋ]