دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی not hold water )

not hold water

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English Dictionary

not hold water
if an excuse, a statement does not hold water, it does not seem to be true or reasonable

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Idioms

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not hold water
(not) hold water
if an opinion or a statement does not hold water, it can be shown to be wrong.

Most of the arguments put forward by our opponents simply do not hold water.

(not) hold water - if an opinion or a statement does not hold water, it can be shown to be wrong.

If his theory holds water, it could be a breakthrough in cancer research.

to not seem to be true or reasonable.

That argument isn't likely to hold water with my father!

A lot of the stuff I believed in when I was 17 just doesn't hold water today.

Related vocabulary: hold up
Etymology: based on the idea of a bucket or container that is suitable for holding water

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not hold water
make no sense, be illogical

The argument by the lawyer did not hold water.

The excuses of the young man do not hold water.

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