won't wash

Will not stand up to examination, is unconvincing, will not work, as in That excuse about your sick aunt just won't wash. This expression originally alluded to a fabric that would not stand up to washing but by the late 1800s was used figuratively for other kinds of failure.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Manahem	-	Biblical Latin
RÍOnach	-	Irish
HİKmet	-	Turkish
Klytaimnestra	-	Greek Mythology
Gwandoya	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Georgina	[dʒɔ:'dʒi:nə]