made from whole cloth

made from 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 like it's made from whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, made, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cut from whole cloth
  • cut out of 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
References in periodicals archive
"[I am] unable to find any such prohibition in the First, Sixth, Ninth, or any other Amendment to the United States Constitution," and, therefore, the Richmond doctrine is essentially made from whole cloth, Rehnquist wrote in his dissenting opinion.
(Darin's statement that "I couldn't pick my family out of a lineup" is one of the few hints we get.) Still, they feel like they're made from whole cloth. Helmers wisely eschew trendy pop-culture references and stick to relationship issues that drive their creations, and the coded kidding around never seems too heavily burdened with agitprop.