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not have a leg to stand on
Language:
Meanings:
1.
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informal
neutral
To lack any valid reason, evidence, or justification for a claim, argument, or position; to be unable to defend oneself or one's case.
To have no legal or logical basis on which to rely.
2.
Global
neutral
Literally, to be physically unable to stand because one or more legs are missing or unusable (rare; used non‑idiomatically).
Examples:
EN:
I mean, he would not have a leg to stand on it.
ES:
Quiero decir, él no tendría argumentos en los que apoyarse.
ID:
Pria itu takkan menang.
EN:
The truth is, the revisionists do not have a leg to stand on.
HI:
गौरतलब है कि रेपिस्ट को अपने किए का कोई पछतावा नहीं है।
EN:
I think that your conspiracy theory does not have a leg to stand on.
HI:
सोचता हूँ तेरे बीना ज़िंदगी का कोई कीनारा तो नहीं
EN:
and did not have a leg to stand on when it came to meriting his father's
TE:
" అయినా కన్నా, తండ్రికి గుండె ఆపరేషన్ జరిగినా చూడ్డానికి రానంత బిజీ అయిపోయావామ్మా?
EN:
In the circumstances Pakistan does not have a leg to stand on.
TE:
ఇలాంటి పరిస్థితుల్లో పాకిస్తాన్ కు ఏం చేయాలో పాలుపోని పరిస్థితి నెలకొంది.
EN:
Because you do not have a leg to stand on.
TE:
ఎందుకంటే మీరు నవ్వడానికి ఒక్క సీన్ కూడా లేదు.
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