| 词汇 | make up out of whole cloth |
| 释义 | Idiom make 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 clothTo 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 clothFig. 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. |
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