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1 made out of whole cloth
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2 whole
[həul] 1. adjective1) (including everything and/or everyone; complete: The whole staff collected the money for your present; a whole pineapple.) inteiro2) (not broken; in one piece: She swallowed the biscuit whole.) inteiro2. noun1) (a single unit: The different parts were joined to form a whole.) todo2) (the entire thing: We spent the whole of one week sunbathing on the beach.) todo•- wholly
- wholehearted
- wholemeal
- on the whole* * *[houl] n todo, total, conjunto, totalidade. adj 1 completo. 2 todo. 3 inteiro: a) Math não fracional. b) integral. 4 total. 5 são, sadio. 6 incólume, indene, intato. 7 germano: que procedeu do mesmo pai e da mesma mãe. • adv todo, toda, muito. as a whole como um todo, no conjunto. a whole um todo. his whole energy toda a sua energia. in a whole skin ileso. in the whole (wide) world em todo (o) mundo. in whole or in part inteiro ou em partes. made out of whole cloth Amer completamente imaginário. the whole of Germany toda a Alemanha. the whole of the countries todos os países. two whole weeks duas semanas inteiras. (up) on the whole em conjunto, tudo por tudo. whole towns cidades inteiras. with my whole heart com todo meu coração. -
3 bag
[bæɡ] 1. noun1) (a container made of soft material (eg cloth, animal skin, plastic etc): She carried a small bag.) saco2) (a quantity of fish or game caught: Did you get a good bag today?) apanha2. verb1) (to put into a bag.) ensacar2) (to kill (game).) caçar•- baggy- bags of
- in the bag
- bag lady* * *[bæg] n 1 saco, saca (de papel, pano, couro etc.). a bag of coffee / uma saca de café. 2 conteúdo de um saco ou de uma saca. 3 sacola, maleta. bag clasp / alça de bolsa de viagem. 4 bolsa de caçador. 5 caça abatida. I made a good bag / fiz uma boa caçada. 6 bolsa de dinheiro. 7 mala postal. 8 Anat bolsa. 9 úbere (de vaca). 10 bags coll calças. a pair of bags / um par de calças. 11 bags sl porção, montão. 12 porção de narcótico. 13 mulher feia, mulher velha. 14 escroto, Braz vulg saco. 15 preservativo, Braz coll camisinha. • vt 1 inchar, inflar, intumescer. 2 distender-se, dilatar-se. 3 ensacar, embolsar. 4 pôr a caça na bolsa. 5 fig matar, capturar, apanhar. 6 prender em armadilha (especialmente mediante astúcia). 7 sl roubar, furtar. 8 pender livremente. air bag Auto dispositivo inflável para proteção de pessoas em caso de acidente. bag and baggage com armas e bagagens, de mala e cuia. bag-of-bones feixe de ossos. Gladstone bag bolsa de viagem para homens. in the bag sl no papo, garantido. scum bag Med a) bolsa de colostomia. b) vulg escória, monte de merda. the whole bag of tricks tudo, todos os meios. to bear the bag ter o controle do dinheiro. to leave someone holding the bag deixar alguém na mão. to let the cat out of the bag revelar o segredo.
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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
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 — 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
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
whole cloth — (USA) If something is made out of whole cloth, it is a fabrication and not true … The small dictionary of idiomes
whole — [hōl] adj. [ME (Midland) hool, for hol, hal < OE hal, healthy, whole, hale: akin to Ger heil, ON heill < IE base * kailo , sound, uninjured, auspicious > Welsh coel, omen] 1. a) in sound health; not diseased or injured b) Archaic healed … English World dictionary
whole — wholeness, n. /hohl/, adj. 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance. 2. containing all the elements properly… … Universalium
cloth — noun 1 (U) material used especially for making clothes: cotton cloth 2 (C) a piece of cloth used to cover a table; tablecloth 3 (C) a piece of cloth used for a particular purpose: She rubbed at the stain with a damp cloth. | dishcloth/floorcloth… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English