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Very busy hold water

Alfonso

June 21, 2008 11:25 AM

Very busy hold water

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomisimo (Post 10877)

I've been very busy hold water.

I cannot understand this idiom. Please, some help!

Tomisimo

June 21, 2008 11:30 AM

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

June 21, 2008 11:31 AM

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

Rusty

June 21, 2008 11:32 AM

You beat me this time, David.

Alfonso

June 21, 2008 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomisimo (Post 10954)

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

June 21, 2008 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 10957)

You beat me this time, David.

Only by one minute :)

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