will not wash

if an excuse or an argument will not wash, people will not believe it or accept it (often + with ) That story about missing the last bus won't wash with me, young lady!

See wash dirty laundry in public

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nettie	['neti]
Theresa	tə-REE-sə (English), tə-RAY-zə (English), te-RE-zah (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Mihajlo	-	Serbian, Croatian
Ella (1)	EL-ə	English
MÁGhnus	-	Irish
Ehmet	-	Uyghur