英语词汇“to cut the mustard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. slang (originally U.S.). Something which adds piquancy or zest; that which sets the standard or is the best of anything. to cut the mustard and variants: to come up to expectations, to meet requirements, to succeed. to be (to) the mustard: to be exactly what is required; to be very good or special.

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1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Apr. 4/3 They applied several coats of carmine hue and cut the mustard over all their predecessors.

1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 12 Sept. 7/3 Time will reveal that he cannot ‘cut the mustard’.

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xv. 237 For fear they were not the proper mustard, he had that dog man sue him in court for the balance, so as to make him prove the pedigree.

1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me 17 Petroskinski is a discovery of mine, and he's all to the mustard.

1907 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West x. 163 I looked around and found a proposition that exactly cut the mustard.

1922 C. Sandburg Slabs of Sunburnt West 7 Kid each other... Tell each other you're all to the mustard.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves iii. 70 Life at this juncture seemed pretty well all to the mustard.

1960 J. Mitford Hons & Rebels ix. 56 Perhaps I could get a job as a maid in somebody's house..but Idden convinced me I would never cut the mustard at this occupation.

1974 Citizen (Ottawa) 24 Aug. 78 What if I'm no good at it? What if I just can't cut the mustard?

1989 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. (Weekend Mag.) 31 The uniform does not cut much mustard there.

单词	to cut the mustard
释义	> as lemmas to cut the mustard c. slang (originally U.S.). Something which adds piquancy or zest; that which sets the standard or is the best of anything. to cut the mustard and variants: to come up to expectations, to meet requirements, to succeed. to be (to) the mustard: to be exactly what is required; to be very good or special. ΚΠ 1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9 Apr. 4/3 They applied several coats of carmine hue and cut the mustard over all their predecessors. 1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 12 Sept. 7/3 Time will reveal that he cannot ‘cut the mustard’. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xv. 237 For fear they were not the proper mustard, he had that dog man sue him in court for the balance, so as to make him prove the pedigree. 1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me 17 Petroskinski is a discovery of mine, and he's all to the mustard. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West x. 163 I looked around and found a proposition that exactly cut the mustard. 1922 C. Sandburg Slabs of Sunburnt West 7 Kid each other... Tell each other you're all to the mustard. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves iii. 70 Life at this juncture seemed pretty well all to the mustard. 1960 J. Mitford Hons & Rebels ix. 56 Perhaps I could get a job as a maid in somebody's house..but Idden convinced me I would never cut the mustard at this occupation. 1974 Citizen (Ottawa) 24 Aug. 78 What if I'm no good at it? What if I just can't cut the mustard? 1989 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. (Weekend Mag.) 31 The uniform does not cut much mustard there. extracted from mustardn.adj. < as lemmas
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