can't make the grade

If even Lincoln can’t make the grade, who can?

Such rigor will benefit both students and employers, and should help eradicate the persistent myth that vocational education is a second-best option for students who can’t make the grade.

Market analysts expect a multi-year cull, starting as early as 2012, of the factories that can't make the grade.

Yes, the County takes hold usually—sometimes the State, if the County can't make the grade.

Between you and me, Rudolph can't make the grade.