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The fabric of spiderwebs and excuses, equally strong and equally believable.
means Something extremely light, delicate, and fine, like cobwebs, thin fabric, or a flimsy idea.
from From Middle English gossomer, likely goose summer, the warm autumn spell when geese were eaten and spider silk drifted on the breeze.
Spider sourceOriginally meant the floating silk of ballooning spiders.
Indian summerTied to mild late-autumn weather across old Europe.
Poet favoriteShakespeare and Shelley both reached for it.