cut out of whole cloth

cut out of whole cloth

Entirely fictional or utterly false; completely fabricated and not based on reality at all. A reference to tailors who would falsely advertise garments being made "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 cut out of whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, cut, of, out, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cut from whole cloth
  • made from whole cloth
  • made out of whole cloth
  • out of whole cloth
  • make (something) up out of whole cloth
  • make something of whole cloth
  • make up out of whole cloth
  • whole cloth
  • sherlock
  • NSS