站不住脚

• have not a leg to stand on

参考释义

站不住脚 [zhàn bu zhù jiǎo]

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例句

1. 玛丽非常机敏，你无法用一种站不住脚的理由使她信服。
   Mary is no mug and you won't convince her with a feeble excuse like that.
2. 他找了个站不住脚的理由来解释缺席的原因。
   He gave a lame excuse for being absent.
3. 谎言总是站不住脚的。
   Lies have short legs.
4. 他的藉口站不住脚，很快就没词儿了（不作声了）。
   His feeble excuses soon tailed off (into silence).

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【反义词】

• 站住脚