not hold water

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not hold water

1. Lit. [of a container] not able to contain water without leaking. This old wading pool won't hold water any longer.

2. Fig. not able to be proved; not correct or true. Jack's story won't hold water. It sounds too unlikely. The police's theory will not hold water. The suspect has an ironclad alibi.

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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			not give anyone the time of day not give it another thought not give the time of day not going to win any beauty contests not grow on trees not hack it not half bad Not half! not have a bone in body not have a care in the world not have a chance in hell not have a clue not have a leg to stand on not have a prayer not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell not have a stitch of clothes not have all marbles not have the faintest idea not have the foggiest notion not have the heart not have the heart to do not have the stomach not hold a stick to not hold breath not hold liquor not hold water not hold with not hurt a flea not hurt a fly Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years! Not in my book not in the least not in the same league with not in the slightest not judge a book by its cover not just whistling Dixie not know beans not know beans about not know enough to come in out of the rain not know from Adam not know from nothing not know if are coming or going not know own strength not know the first thing about not know what hit not know what to make of not know where to turn not know whether one is coming or going and not know if one is ... not know whether to laugh or cry not know which end is up			not have a stitch of clothes not have all marbles not have any part of not have anything to do with not have anything to do with someone or something not have anything to do with something not have anything to dp with not have the faintest idea not have the foggiest idea not have the foggiest notion not have the heart not have the heart to do not have the stomach not hear not hear of Not Held Not held order Not Held Orders Not Here Not Here Now not hold a candle to not hold a stick to not hold breath not hold liquor not hold water not hold with not hold with Not Holding Not Holding My Breath not honorable Not Hot Enough not hurt a flea not hurt a fly not idea not idea not idea not idea not ideal not identical Not If I Can Help It Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first not imaginary not immediate Not Implemented not important not important not imported not impossible not improbable not improper Not In A Life Time Not In A Million Years Not in a thousand years! and Never in a thousand years! not in action

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