not enough to hang a dog onとは 意味・読み方・使い方

熟語

not enough to hang a dog on

1. Of evidence, not strong or compelling; with very little or insubstantial evidence.
   • 1899, G.W. Steevens, The Tragedy of Dreyfus, page 89:

     If the evidence had been given at once, I should have said that it looked bad, perhaps, but was not enough to hang a dog on. But after five years of bitter faction?

   • 1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon, published 1973, page 62:

     "So there we were, and probably you'll agree with me that all the evidence, so far, was less than you'd hang a dog on."