lame excuse
MEANING:
A lame excuse is one that you cannot believe.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
She gave some lame excuse about missing the bus.
He said he didn’t go because it was raining, which is a pretty lame excuse if you ask me.
It sounds like a lame excuse, but I never seem to have time to visit.
That’s a lame excuse.
Do you think that’s just a lame excuse or is that true?
Stephen made some lame excuse.