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1 cut the mustard
expr AmE sl1)Do you really think he can cut the mustard? — Ты действительно думаешь, что он справится с этим?
The schools tossed the blame on the black students claiming that they just couldn't cut the mustard — Школы взвалили всю вину на чернокожих студентов, заявив, что те просто не тянут
2)He may be a celebrity in your country but he cuts little mustard around here — Он в вашей стране, может быть, и знаменитость, но здесь он говно на палочке
3)That proposition just about cut the mustard — Это дельце было как раз то, что надо
4) vulgPeople who cut the mustard in the car have to get out and walk — Тот, кто будет пердеть в машине, пускай вытряхивается и идет пешком
5) tabooThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > cut the mustard
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