hold water

英语

词源

可能源自耶利米书 2:13的詹姆士王译本：For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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动词

hold water (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 holds water，現在分詞 holding water，一般過去時及過去分詞 held water)

1. (习语) 站得住脚，说得通
   • 2017年8月13日, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     At the parlay, Tyrion also tries to claim Tywin’s murder was self-defense, which holds some water, and despite Jaime’s anger, I suspect he can see it from that side.

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   • 1888, Horatio Alger, The Errand Boy, ch. 35:

     "Young man," he said, "upon this point I can only say that your story is grossly improbable. It won't hold water."

参见

• hold up
• hold one's water
• watertight

异序词

• hotelward