Are you just making these up, shininggirl? Or are you translating from Persian? No, that does not sound like a usual English phrase to me.
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shininggirl So I should translate a lot and find suitable words and expressions for each purpose.But not by making them up out of whole cloith. Use a thesaurus: http://thesaurus.com/
shininggirlSo when a someone says something bad to us and make us really sad (but no
Mister Micawber But not by making them up out of whole cloith.What does "whole cloth" mean here?