whole cloth
noun
mass noun
- cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off for a garment or other item(未剪裁过的)整幅布。
短语
out of (the) whole cloth
- N. Amer. informal totally false〈北美, 非正式〉纯属捏造的, 完全假的:
she created conspiracy theories out of the whole cloth.
有阴谋的各种说法纯粹是她捏造的。