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He can't cut the mustard

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  • can't cut the mustard — British, American & Australian, British if you can t cut the mustard, you cannot deal with problems or difficulties. If she can t cut the mustard, we ll have to find someone else to do the job …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut the mustard — phrasal see cut the muster * * * cut the mustard (informal) 1. Reach a required standard, make the grade 2. Make a favourable impression on • • • Main Entry: ↑mustard * * * cut the mustard usually in negatives informal …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut the mustard —    (of a male)    to be able to copulate    Cut means share in, but why mustard, unless from Wisconsin German/American English, borrowing senf which means pizazz in slang:     You can t cut the mustard but how about watching? (Theroux, 1973)… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • cut the mustard — [usually in negatives] informal to reach the expected or necessary standard He just can t cut the mustard any more …   English dictionary

  • cut the mustard — 1. tv. to be able to do something requiring youth or vigor. (Usually in the expression too old to cut the mustard.) □ Do you really think he can cut the mustard? □ She’s not too old to cut the mustard. 2. Go to cut the cheese …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • not cut the mustard — not satisfactory or right for the situation. Cutting taxes for the rich doesn t cut the mustard with most middle class people. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form cut the mustard: When you re a kid, you always think you have to prove that you …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut the mustard — Synonyms and related words: be able, be up to, can, can do, clear, clear the hurdle, come along, come on, contrive, cut it, engineer, get along, get by, get on, go on, hack it, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, manage somehow, may,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cut the muster — phrasal or cut the mustard slang : to achieve the standard of performance necessary for success in our work … those of our fellow workers who can t or won t cut the mustard must of necessity be shoved out Atlantic compare pass muster …   Useful english dictionary

  • mustard — mus|tard [ mʌstərd ] noun 1. ) uncount a yellow substance with a hot taste made from the seeds of a plant. Mustard is eaten, especially with meat, in small amounts: English/French/Dijon mustard a ) a plant whose seeds are used to make mustard and …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • can — [n1] container, usually metallic aluminum, bottle, bucket, canister, cannikin, gunboat*, gutbucket*, jar, package, pop top*, receptacle, tin, vessel; concepts 476,494 can [n2] toilet head*, john*, johnny*, latrine, lavatory, litter box*, outhouse …   New thesaurus

  • cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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