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
Yorath-Welsh
Liat-Hebrew
SoiniSOY-neeFinnish
Nisha-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Neirin-Welsh
Sami (2)-Arabic