out of whole cloth

out of whole cloth
амер.
(out of (the) whole cloth)
нагло, беспардонно; от начала до конца (обыкн. употр. с гл. to lie); см. тж. a lie out of whole cloth

He was lying out of the whole cloth about Frieda, but Angela didn't know and he knew she didn't know. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The ‘Genius’’, book II, ch. XVII) — В том, что он говорил о Фриде, не было ни слова правды, но Анджела не знала этого, и он знал, что она не знает.

There was considerable bickering between Mr. Steger and Mr. Shannon, for the former was very anxious to make it appear that Mr. Stener was lying out of the whole cloth... (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. LIII) — Мистер Стегер и мистер Шэннон постоянно пререкались, так как первый успешно доказывал, что мистер Стенер беспардонно лгал...

...the whole story was a fabrication, pure and simple out of whole cloth. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Brass Check’, ch. LIX) — ...вся история - сплошная выдумка от начала до конца.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • out of whole cloth — phrasal : out of pure fabrication : without basis a tissue of lies made up out of whole cloth Current History * * * out of whole cloth see ↑whole cloth above. • • • Main Entry: ↑whole * * * out of (the) whole cloth …   Useful english dictionary

  • out of whole cloth — (made up) out of whole cloth to be completely invented. The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth …   New idioms dictionary

  • make something up out of whole cloth — make (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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • make up out of whole cloth — make (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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • made up out of whole cloth — (made up) out of whole cloth to be completely invented. The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth …   New idioms dictionary

  • made up out of whole cloth — See: OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • made up out of whole cloth — See: OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of whole cloth — idi without foundation in fact; fictitious …   From formal English to slang

  • whole cloth — noun Cloth in its full manufactured size (cut out of whole cloth (N Am inf) wholly fabricated, utterly false) • • • Main Entry: ↑whole …   Useful english dictionary

  • whole cloth — (USA) If something is made out of whole cloth, it is a fabrication and not true …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • whole cloth — noun Date: 1840 pure fabrication usually used in the phrase out of whole cloth < the theory was created out of whole cloth > …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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