hold water

be able to be proved true or brought to actual
站得住腳；可證明為真實(shí)
He suggested quite a few tips about the managers of the company, but none of them held water.
就公司的管理問題他提了好幾個(gè)建議，可沒一個(gè)管用。
I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.
對不起，你說的并不能說明問題。

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