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not hold water

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nie wytrzymywać krytyki

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not hold water

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EN · C1

An Attendance Argument

  1. A

    The report says nobody came because of the weather.

    Według raportu nikt nie przyszedł przez pogodę.

  2. B

    That argument doesn't stand up to scrutiny. It rained last time too.

    Ten argument nie wytrzymuje krytyki. Poprzednio też padało.

  3. A

    Shall we check when the invitations went out?

    Sprawdzimy, kiedy wysłano zaproszenia?

  4. B

    Yes, perhaps they arrived too late.

    Tak, może dotarły zbyt późno.

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Translations

Polishnie wytrzymywać krytykiexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germaneiner Prüfung nicht standhaltenexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishno sostenerse ante un examen críticoexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianне выдерживать критикиexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Jego wyjaśnienie nie wytrzymuje krytyki.

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English

His explanation doesn't hold water.

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German

Seine Erklärung hält einer Prüfung nicht stand.

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Spanish

Su explicación no se sostiene ante un examen crítico.

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Russian

Его объяснение не выдерживает критики.

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Grammar

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not hold water
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Example

His explanation doesn't hold water.

add fuel to the fire

dolewać oliwy do ognia

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sit on the fence

unikać opowiedzenia się po którejś stronie

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a double-edged sword

miecz obosieczny

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a red herring

mylący trop

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the devil is in the detail

diabeł tkwi w szczegółach

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the proof of the pudding is in the eating

wartość czegoś sprawdza się w praktyce

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If we compare only the time spent without considering the scope of the work, we may be comparing apples and oranges.

Porównując sam czas pracy bez uwzględnienia jej zakresu, możemy zestawiać jabłka z gruszkami.

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The game is not worth the candle if a minor improvement requires abandoning every previous arrangement.

Skórka nie jest warta wyprawki, jeśli drobna poprawa wymaga porzucenia wszystkich dotychczasowych ustaleń.

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When recognition becomes an end in itself, it is easy to lose sight of the cause it was meant to serve.

Gdy uznanie staje się celem samym w sobie, łatwo stracić z oczu sprawę, której miało służyć.

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This freedom is a double-edged sword: it allows action to be adapted to the situation but makes it harder to compare individuals' responsibilities.

Ta swoboda jest mieczem obosiecznym: pozwala dostosować działanie do sytuacji, ale utrudnia porównanie odpowiedzialności poszczególnych osób.

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The Achilles' heel of this plan is not a shortage of ideas but dependence on a single source of information whose reliability has not been checked.

Piętą achillesową tego planu jest nie brak pomysłów, lecz zależność od jednego źródła informacji, którego wiarygodności nie sprawdzono.

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A seemingly technical amendment may become a Trojan horse for a change whose consequences participants had no opportunity to discuss.

Pozornie techniczna poprawka może stać się koniem trojańskim dla zmiany, której skutków uczestnicy nie mieli możliwości przedyskutować.

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