not a leg to stand on
not a leg to stand on {n. phr.}, {informal}
No good proof or excuse; no good evidence or defense to offer.
The man with a gun and $300 in his pocket was accused of robbing an oil station. He did not have a leg to stand on.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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