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

事实明，这种说法站住脚。

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

即使这些细微的推进也似乎站住脚。

I mean, this is becoming completely untenable.

这已经变得完全站住脚了。

The theory also fails on its own terms.

贪婪膨胀理论本身也站住脚。

It'll never hold up in court.

在法庭上站住脚。

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

如站住脚，那就是薄弱的，人信服。

This is really where that whole pipe analogy falls apart.

说到这里水管比喻就站住脚了。

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实，哪种观点站住脚。

Modern genetic research has largely discredited these ideas.

现代基因研究已经让这些想法站住脚了。

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

你这逻辑和她换起的椅子一样完全站住脚。

Her alibi left something to be desired, as well, no?

她的在场明也站住脚，是吗？

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

可你们会意外听到我说第二个观点同样站住脚。

“That argument no longer holds water.”

“这一借口现在再也站住脚了。”

But that may no longer be true.

但这种理论可再也站住脚。

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

哦，在那种情况下，司机说的话就站住脚了。

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

所以，与那些容器同的是，这个假说是站住脚的。

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

但这种说法在受人欢迎的欧洲露营地是站住脚的。

" That distinction between public and private really doesn't hold at all, " says Professor Huff.

“这种公开与私密之间的区别根本站住脚。”

It's obvious to me, anyway, that the boy's story was flimsy.

依我看，很明显，无论怎么说那孩子编造的故事都站住脚。

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

但即使是她自己也知道这有点站住脚，这个理论解释什么。