凭空捏造[píng kōng niē zào]
create [fabricate] out of nothing; be a sheer fabrication; fabricate; create groundless rumours; fabricate stories out of thin air; dream up; make up a story (out of the whole cloth):
例:这完全是凭空捏造。
This is a sheer fabrication.
1. make out of whole cloth:make out of 用...制造, 理解, 了解. | make out of whole cloth 凭空捏造. | make out one's case 证明自己有理.
2. out of thin air:cook the account 在帐目上做假 | out of thin air 凭空捏造 | put on air 摆架子