can't cut it

So, I can’t cut it up or freeze it in a block of ice.

He is U.S. soccer’s most famous player, a 23-year-old sensation who, through skill set and pro ascent, has helped shed the stigma that American attackers can’t cut it at the highest levels of Europe.

"I just can't cut it too close any more."

But the margin for error in the rugged NFC West is razor thin, and the Seahawks can’t cut it much closer.

"It can't go back because it's too big, and we can't cut it down because of what it is," council chair Sandra Keller told the BBC.