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
Mckinnon[mə'kinən]
Tamikotah-mee-koJapanese
SilviaSEEL-vyah (Italian), SEEL-byah (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Okropir-Georgian
Abacuc-Biblical Latin
Napier-English (Rare)