"not have a leg to stand on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英語]

Audio: En-au-not have a leg to stand on.ogg
  1. 理屈詞窮,言論站不住腳 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-not_have_a_leg_to_stand_on-en-verb-3F5fCiXO Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語動詞",
      "parents": [],
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          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
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          "ref": "1857, Charles Dickens, 章號 8, 出自 Little Dorrit, 卷 2:",
          "text": "‘You see?’ said Mrs Gowan, turning the palms of her hands towards Mr Meagles, as if she were Justice herself, representing to him that he had better confess, for he had not a leg to stand on."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Edith Wharton, “Afterward”, 出自 Tales of Men and Ghosts:",
          "text": "\"But Mr. Elwell's lawyers apparently did not take your view, since I suppose the suit was withdrawn by their advice.\" \"Oh, yes, they knew he hadn't a leg to stand on.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003年October3日, Charlie LeDuff and Dean E. Murphy, “The California Recall: Sexual Accusations Prompt an Apology By Schwarzenegger”, 出自 New York Times:",
          "text": "If his word and image are consistently proven to be false, he doesn't have a leg to stand on."
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        "理屈詞窮,言論站不住腳"
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          "ref": "1857, Charles Dickens, 章號 8, 出自 Little Dorrit, 卷 2:",
          "text": "‘You see?’ said Mrs Gowan, turning the palms of her hands towards Mr Meagles, as if she were Justice herself, representing to him that he had better confess, for he had not a leg to stand on."
        },
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          "ref": "1910, Edith Wharton, “Afterward”, 出自 Tales of Men and Ghosts:",
          "text": "\"But Mr. Elwell's lawyers apparently did not take your view, since I suppose the suit was withdrawn by their advice.\" \"Oh, yes, they knew he hadn't a leg to stand on.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003年October3日, Charlie LeDuff and Dean E. Murphy, “The California Recall: Sexual Accusations Prompt an Apology By Schwarzenegger”, 出自 New York Times:",
          "text": "If his word and image are consistently proven to be false, he doesn't have a leg to stand on."
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