If evidence is flimsy, it's weak and unconvincing.

如果证据站不住脚，那它就是薄弱的，不能令人信服。

Now, as it turns out, that appearance is deceptive.

事实证明，种说法站不住脚。

Those allegations, which many thought far-fetched at the time, have now been formally confirmed.

些在当时看来站不住脚的指控如今已被官方证实。

To see which of these ideas are borne out. And which don't hold water.

看看哪种观点最后得到了证实，哪种观点站不住脚。

But even this more nuanced approach doesn't seem to hold water.

使些细微的推进也似乎站不住脚。

Perhaps it won't surprise you that I don't find this second argument persuasive either.

可能你们不会意外听到我说二个观点同样站不住脚。

Your logic is as wobbly as the dining room chairs she can't afford to replace.

你逻辑和她换不起的椅子一样完全站不住脚。

Republicans have to be very careful not to be seen as defending the indefensible.

共和党人必须非常小心，以免被视为在捍卫站不住脚的事情。

The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.

但种说法在受人欢迎的欧洲露营地是站不住脚的。

So, unlike those containers, this hypothesis just didn't hold water.

所以，与那些容器不同的是，个假说是站不住脚的。

But that may no longer be true.

但种理论可能再也站不住脚。

Modern genetic research has largely discredited these ideas.

现代基因研究已经让些想法站不住脚了。

I think actually, I've learned over the years, the advice actually is tenuous.

我认为实际上，些年来我了解到，个建议实际上是站不住脚的。

Oh, in that case, he doesn't have a leg to stand on!

哦，在那种情况下，司机说的话就站不住脚了。

But even she knew that was kinda lame, that theory was nothing.

但使是她自己也知道有点站不住脚，个理论不能解释什么。

Please note — these excuses do not hold up in court.

请注意——些借口在法庭上站不住脚。

These excuses all hold up in court.

些借口在法庭上可站不住脚。

I mean, this is becoming completely untenable.

已经变得完全站不住脚了。

If there is not a good payoff from the degree, that argument falls apart.

如果贷款拿到的学位没有得到好的回报，那么个论据是站不住脚的。”

A spokesperson for Paramount Pictures said in a statement that the claims are without standing.

派拉蒙影业公司的一位发言人在一份声明中表示，些指控站不住脚。