cutting the mustard

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However, in a report setting out its recommendations for the next five years, the commission said that the current rate of heat pump installation in the UK was "not cutting the mustard".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

Blends Fast Mornings are short enough without your having to waste time struggling with a blender that isn’t cutting the mustard.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2018

Should you find that “Please don’t touch my baby” isn’t cutting the mustard with the mannerless hyenas of the world, it is appropriate to say, “He’s got hand-foot-and-mouth disease. It’s hugely contagious.”

From Slate • May 11, 2018

My short legs weren't cutting the mustard tonight.

From Time Magazine Archive