Idioms

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
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"[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.
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