won't hold water

to be inadequate, insubstantial, or ill-conceived. Sorry, your ideas won't hold water. Nice try, though. The prosecution's case wouldn't hold water, so the defendant was released.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Glennis	-	Welsh
Kelsey	KEL-see	English
Iro	-	Greek
Ilarion	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Soile	-	Finnish
Paulette	po-LET	French