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
Lochan	-	Indian, Hindi
Merab (2)	-	Georgian
Rhianna	ree-AN-ə	English (Modern)
Thacker	['θækə]
Yaw	-	Western African, Akan
Edvin	ED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian