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
Arvo	AHR-vo	Finnish
Onyeka	-	Western African, Igbo
Melete	-	Greek Mythology
Myrrine	-	Ancient Greek
AscensiÓN	ah-then-SYON (Spanish), ah-sen-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Nuray	-	Turkish