hold water
站得住脚, 经得起检验
例句与用法：
His opinion doesn't hold water.
他的说法站不住。
Prohibition may be a dispute theory, but none can complain that it do not hold water.
禁酒法可能是一则有待商榷的理论，但谁也不能埋怨它有漏洞(说不通)。
Miller is a dishonest person.His words can't hold water.
米勒是个不诚实的人，他的话经不起验证。
Several of his suggestions about changes in the government simply don't hold water.
他有关政府改革的意见中有几条简直是站不住脚的。
合情合理
I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.
真抱歉, 可是你的话不合情理。