"If the news of the meeting does not hold water, then the prices will fall again."

I wasn't sure the theory held water, but it made me feel better.

"They never seem to hold water after the press leaves."

But there are times when this theory just does not hold water.

And fill whatever else we have that will hold water.

It means nothing, I told myself, but that wouldn't hold water.

But that's an argument which those in the book business believe simply doesn't hold water.

But she had no idea if her assurance would hold water.

Nor does the paper's argument about road safety hold water.

So the first justification does not seem to me to hold water.

Once we are gone, that excuse will no longer hold water.

"That kind of argument does not hold water any more."

My own belief is that such a theory will not hold water.

"Have you got a story arranged that will hold water?"

The debate about ‘large’ and ‘small’ countries does not hold water.

This would be a great start to show that these theories hold water.

In any case, the parallels between 17th-century and 21st-century women do not hold water.

Your story of being assaulted once before will not hold water.

It does not hold water, and is never wet in any weather.

It's held water, so kick through and tell me what it is.

He took a drink from the last bottle holding water.

It would be fun to find something new if these measurements hold water.

We filter the research to find out which health claims actually hold water.

"It's made to hold water but can be secular or religious."

Produced excuses which at the time had even seemed to hold water.

"If the news of the meeting does not hold water, then the prices will fall again."

But there are times when this theory just does not hold water.

"That kind of argument does not hold water any more."

Your story of being assaulted once before will not hold water.

My own belief is that such a theory will not hold water.

It does not hold water, and is never wet in any weather.

Nonetheless, this is an argument that does not hold water.

Ash erodes very quickly and does not hold water long.

Unless the soil is especially dense, the hole will not hold water.

An irrigation canal exists but has not held water since 1996.

The comparison with the United States, it must be said, simply does not hold water.

Most of his arguments, however, do not hold water.

Your notion that school systems are putting their best teachers in the elementary grades does not hold water.

Your argument, that the South has done better than the North over the last decade, simply does not hold water.

This idea that there is a state of emergency but the elections should go ahead undisturbed does not hold water.

"To continue: I decided, almost immediately, that the concerted theory would not hold water.

The soil consists primarily of deep pumice, which does not hold water well.

She knew it would not hold water; why had she not said so?

Republicans reply that many of the accusations against the 26 pending nominees do not hold water.

"The excuse of boys being boys does not hold water in this court.

"The arguments against it do not hold water."

That is an explanation that will not hold water.

However, it is heavy, does not hold water very well, and it must be sterilized between use.

The village tank could not hold water as the embankment dam wall leaked.

Sand does not hold water, so irrigation is critical."