Very busy hold water

[Alfonso]

I've been very busy hold water.I cannot understand this idiom. Please, some help!

[Tomisimo]

No problem :)

What I wrote was "Will the excuse that I've been very busy hold water?". So my excuse is that I've been very busy. Now let's examine the sentence.

"Will the excuse [that I've been very busy] hold water?"

So my question was "Will the excuse hold water?" and the idiom is "to hold water" meaning is it valid, is it acceptable.

Will the excuse hold water? = Is the excuse acceptable?

Does that help? :)

[Rusty]

If something holds water, it is a sound idea/thought/plan/etc. David was asking if being busy was a good enough excuse.

[Rusty]

You beat me this time, David.

[Alfonso]

Does that help? :) Of course, it helps a lot. I made a wrong partition of the sentence. Now it's clear. Thanks a lot, Rusty and David.

[Tomisimo]

You beat me this time, David.
Only by one minute :)