| Like some excuses |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses |
| Feeble excuses |
| Unconvincing, as excuses |
| Like poor excuses |
| Unconvincing, as excuses go |
| Like some attempts or excuses |
| Weak, as excuses go |
| Excuses |
| Like the worst of excuses |
| Excuses or overlooks |
| Ike's excuses? |
| Invent specious excuses to evade duties |
| Poorer, as excuses go |
| Unlikely, as excuses |
| Familiar five-word phrase that means "Excuses are unacceptable! |
| Flimsy, as excuses go |
| How bad excuses are given |
| Feebler, as excuses |
| Legal excuses |
| Like weakly offered excuses |
| Positively no excuses |
| Rand with elaborate excuses for greed |
| Trial excuses |
| Courtroom excuses |
| More weak, like excuses |
| Excuses in English law |
| Poor, as excuses go |
| Worse, as excuses go |
| More pathetic, as excuses go |