make up out of whole cloth
make (something) up out of whole cloth
To fabricate something entirely fictional or utterly false 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 he made it up out of whole cloth to me.
See also: cloth, make, of, out, up, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
make something up out of whole cloth
Fig. to fabricate a story or a lie. That's a lie. You just made that up out of whole cloth. That's a lie. You just made up that story out of whole cloth.
See also: cloth, make, of, out, up, whole
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- make (something) up out of whole cloth
- make something of whole cloth
- out of whole cloth
- cut from whole cloth
- cut out of whole cloth
- made from whole cloth
- made out of whole cloth
- whole cloth
- the (some kind of) gods