英语词组make something up out of whole cloth是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

make something up out of whole cloth

Theme: DECEPTION

to create a story or a lie from no facts at all.

I don't believe you. I think you made that up out of whole cloth.Ann made up her explanation out of whole cloth. There was not a bit of truth in it.

Idiom

make something up out of whole clothmake (something) up out of whole cloth

American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true.

Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made 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.

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.

make something of whole cloth

make something up of whole cloth

AMERICAN

If someone makes a story or statement of whole cloth or makes up a story or statement of whole cloth, they invent all of it. There are those who say that story was made of whole cloth. It's the biggest journalistic scandal since Jones won a Pulitzer prize for a story she made up from whole cloth. Note: Verbs such as create and invent are sometimes used instead of make. It would not be the first time he had tried to make millions by creating causes out of whole cloth.

词组	make something up out of whole cloth
释义	Idiom make something up out of whole cloth Theme: DECEPTION to create a story or a lie from no facts at all. I don't believe you. I think you made that up out of whole cloth.Ann made up her explanation out of whole cloth. There was not a bit of truth in it. Idiom make something up out of whole clothmake (something) up out of whole cloth American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true. Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth. (redirected from make something 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. 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. make something of whole cloth or make something up of whole cloth AMERICAN If someone makes a story or statement of whole cloth or makes up a story or statement of whole cloth, they invent all of it. There are those who say that story was made of whole cloth. It's the biggest journalistic scandal since Jones won a Pulitzer prize for a story she made up from whole cloth. Note: Verbs such as create and invent are sometimes used instead of make. It would not be the first time he had tried to make millions by creating causes out of whole cloth.
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