I think my brain skipped over the "out of" part because I've heard the idiom as just "whole cloth" instead of "out of whole cloth" so many times.
Don't know if that is a regional tic {American, currently live in the South, grew up in the Southwest with Mom from the former and Dad from the latter} or a family speech tic {ex. dad tends to say ideal when he means idea and I still catch myself doing that sometimes}.
Thanks Dr Whom
I think my brain skipped over the "out of" part because I've heard the idiom as just "whole cloth" instead of "out of whole cloth" so many times.
Don't know if that is a regional tic {American, currently live in the South, grew up in the Southwest with Mom from the former and Dad from the latter} or a family speech tic {ex. dad tends to say ideal when he means idea and I still catch myself doing that sometimes}.