{"id":4158,"date":"2020-06-29T11:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4158"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"his-argument-does-not-hold-water","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/his-argument-does-not-hold-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Hold Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>hold water<\/strong> mean?<br>His argument does not <strong>hold water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to stop the flow of water<\/li>\n<li>to sound like a fact<\/li>\n<li>to be logical or valid<\/li>\n<li>to have a strong effect<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3134],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4158","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-logic-and-evidence","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to be logical or valid<\/strong> is correct because <strong>hold water<\/strong> means to be reasonable, convincing, or supported by facts.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>Her excuse does not hold water because the facts prove otherwise.<\/em> <em>A good argument must hold water when people ask questions about it.<\/em><\/p><p>The sentence is about the strength of an argument, not about real water or physical force.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to stop the flow of water"},{"right":"no","answer":"to sound like a fact"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to be logical or valid"},{"right":"no","answer":"to have a strong effect"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3134,"title":"Logic and Evidence","slug":"logic-and-evidence"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}