won't hold water

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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.

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And, of course, that logic won't hold water anywhere but in the minds of the council and its cohorts. EDITORIAL GOOFBALL POLITICS THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE GETS SILLY IN SIMI ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Of course, that won't hold water as an excuse when I'm being read the story about the outdoors writer breaking an outdoors law in the office of the big guy back at the paper. Naturally wondering if he went wrong by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) But feigning sickness, claiming the goldfish has just died or you've suddenly developed a particularly bad case of dandruff, won't hold water anymore. Feeling good with Flirty Friday by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			without half trying without missing a beat without question without rhyme or reason without so much as a by-your-leave without so much as doing witness witness for witness to wives wobble about woe woe betide Woe is me! wolf wolf down wolf in sheep's clothing woman woman of ill repute women won won't bite won't bother me any won't breathe a word won't hear a word against won't hold water Won't you come in? wonder wonder about wonder at wonder if Wonders never cease! woo woo away wood wooden woods woods are full of woodwork wool word word by word word for word word is good word is law word of honor word spoken is past recalling word to the wise word with Words fail me! words to live by			won on points won out won out won out won over won over won over won spurs won spurs won spurs won the day won the day won the day won through won through won through won ton won't won't be doing won't be doing won't be doing won't be doing won't be doing won't bite won't bother me any won't bother me at all won't breathe a word won't hear a word against won't hear of won't hear of will refuse to tolerate or permit won't hold water won't not hear won't not hear won't not hear won't tell a Soul Won't you come in? won-lost record Wonalancet Out Door Club WONB Wonca WONCA International Classification Committee WONCA Rural Information Technology Exchange Wonca Working Party on Women and Family Medicine wonder wonder wonder wonder wonder Wonder (brand) Wonder (Single) Wonder (Single) Wonder (Single) wonder about wonder about wonder at wonder bean wonder boy Wonder Boy (disambiguation) Wonder Boy 3 Wonder Boys (disambiguation) Wonder Bread

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