• to cut up rusty, to turn rusty
• to be beyond one's power
• this theory doesn't hold water
• caducous, deciduous, impermanent
• he was tried and found wanting, he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
• he can't endure that brat
• I don't set myself up to be better than you
• I don't set myself up to be better than you
• I can't endure him, I can't stick him, I cannot bear him, I cannot bear the sight of him, I don't cotton on to him
• I can not abide him!, I can not stomach him!