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
Almas-Arabic
Xiuying-Chinese
Efe (2)-Western African, Urhobo
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Diamantina-Greek
Inocencioee-no-THEN-thyo (Spanish), ee-no-SEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish