His alibi simply does not hold water
The politician's explanation for the budget deficit did not hold water
Your excuse that you forgot about the meeting does not hold water
The initial theory about the cause of the accident doesn't hold water anymore
She argued that the company's profit projections do not hold water
If his story doesn't hold water, he'll be in a lot of trouble
The scientific evidence suggests the old hypothesis does not hold water
We tried to believe him, but his claims just didn't hold water
The idea that we can finish this project by Friday does not hold water
Their argument that they were unaware of the rules doesn't hold water
That excuse you gave does not hold water at all.
I thought it would work, but clearly it did not.
You need a better reason next time, for sure.
His flimsy excuse did not hold water with the manager
His weak excuse was unconvincing to the manager
The manager found his excuse unbelievable