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не выдерживает критикиstresses
gen. it doesn't stand up to scrutiny; doesn't quite add up (However, he noted that this theory doesn't quite add up as "if that had happened you wouldn't expect it to explode and he’d already drank half the drink so the glass was clearly cold." coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)
не выдерживать критики
gen. not stand up (to criticism); not hold water; do not hold water (Anglophile); be wide open to criticism (Anglophile); doesn't hold up against criticism (Artjaazz); not to stand up to scrutiny (напр. spiked-online.com Aiduza); not hold up (Баян); not be able to withstand criticism (can't deal with Artjaazz); not hold up to scrutiny (fddhhdot); be beneath criticism; be not good at all
Gruzovik be no good at all
idiom. hold no water (Баян)
inf. not to hold water (MingNa); not hold water (Most of the arguments put forward by our opponents simply do not hold water. Val_Ships)
Makarov. be beneath criticism; be no good at all
math. be beneath criticism (Ни одно из этих возражений не выдерживает критики)
media. do not stand up to criticism (Bloomberg Alex_Odeychuk)
slang not pass the laugh test (The argument doesn't pass the laugh test reference.com Lana Falcon)
не выдерживать никакой критики
idiom. strain credulity (когда речь идёт о правдоподобности чего-либо Баян)
не выдерживает критики: 24 phrases in 6 subjects
Diplomacy1
General15
Idiomatic2
Makarov4
Mathematics1
Scientific1