won't hold water



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.
See also: hold, water

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pwyll-Welsh Mythology
Adelinaah-de-LEE-nah (Italian), ah-dhe-LEE-nah (Spanish)Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Bulgarian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Alita-English (Rare)
Xue-Chinese
Ottone-Italian
Zsanett-Hungarian