cut the mustard
Example Sentences
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If you are a hot-dog driver, and if you can cut the mustard, you could be behind the wheel of the Wienermobile.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024
Step forward Ian Paisley to say, colourfully as usual: "My gut instinct is this isn't going to cut the mustard."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023
That doesn’t cut the mustard if you’re trying to run a business.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021
For his or any other NFL team, that’ll more than cut the mustard, but it won’t be quite enough to get the ketchup.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018
Just as the parade starts he begins to cut the mustard.
From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay