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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.

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Other birds, said Solomon, omitted to line their nests with mud, and as a result they did not hold water. The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context Other birds, said Solomon, omitted to line their nests with mud, and as a result they did not hold water. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context There were also vessels of willow and grass, so closely wrought as to hold water, and a seine neatly made with meshes, in the ordinary manner, of the fibres of wild flax or nettle. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context More results

References in classic literature

Other birds, said Solomon, omitted to line their nests with mud, and as a result they did not hold water.

The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

Other birds, said Solomon, omitted to line their nests with mud, and as a result they did not hold water.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

There were also vessels of willow and grass, so closely wrought as to hold water, and a seine neatly made with meshes, in the ordinary manner, of the fibres of wild flax or nettle.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

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