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
OtsoOT-soFinnish
&Thorn;ÓRveig-Ancient Scandinavian
MaxMAHKS (German), MAKS (English)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Brielle-English (Modern)
Krasimira-Bulgarian
Felicjafe-LEETS-yahPolish