come up to scratch

A third of social homes, around 1.2m, are currently rated D or below and will require new insulation, windows and heating systems to come up to scratch.

However, for many, they simply don't come up to scratch in terms of flavour, texture or ease of use.

The casting was perfect, and introduced Jack Black to a wider audience as Barry, the testy and massively opinionated music buff and store assistant who makes it his business to terrorise those customers whose tastes do not come up to scratch.

Whatever happens with this guy, I hope you start considering this level of kindness as the absolute bare minimum you expect out of future boyfriends, and immediately dumping anyone who can’t come up to scratch.

Louis van Gaal admits his first six months in charge of Manchester United have not come up to scratch.