B2🍝 Food
Fare poca acqua
to not hold water
Literal Translation
"To make little water"
What it means
To not carry much weight / to be unconvincing
Example in context
"Il suo alibi fa poca acqua — non convince nessuno."
"His alibi does not hold water — it convinces nobody."
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