whole cloth

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Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von whole cloth im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

make sth up out of whole cloth
işkembeden atmak
out of whole cloth
asılsız
out of whole cloth
uydurma
out of whole cloth
hayal ürünü
Englisch - Englisch
A complete fabrication. A lie with no basis in the truth

Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth.

A newly made textile which has not yet been cut. Also called broad cloth
Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else

And, mind you, emotions are among the toughest things in the world to manufacture out of whole cloth; it is easier to manufacture seven facts than one emotion.

Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American" (Ned Rorem). "His account of being drugged, kidnapped and tortured was made up of whole cloth" (George Carver)
cut from whole cloth
{s} fictitious, invented, made-up; completely false; having no factual base, without foundation in fact
whole cloth

    Türkische aussprache

    hōl klôth

    Aussprache

    /ˈhōl ˈklôᴛʜ/ /ˈhoʊl ˈklɔːθ/

    Etymologie

    () From whole +‎ cloth.
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