make the grade
Meaning: To meet standards; to be satisfactory.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Whereas make the grade and up to snuff can be used to describe both people (sentence 1) and things (sentence 2), cut the mustard is usually used with people.
More idioms — Daily Life
- make tracks — To leave, usually quickly.
- mark time — To wait out one's time by doing the minimum and without progressing.
- midas touch — The ability to make money or to be successful at everything one becomes involved in.
- mind one's own business — To not inquire about, become involved in, or interfere with other people's affairs.
- miss the boat — To miss an opportunity because one is too late.
- money to burn — Extra money; money to spend however one likes.
More English idioms
- method to one's madness — Explanation; forethought or logic.
- more something than one bargained for — More than one expected.
- nip something in the bud — To stop something before it becomes big or involved; to stop something before it gets muc…
- nix something — To cancel an idea or plan; to reject or forbid something.
- none of one's business — Private; not for anybody else to know.
- nothing to write home about — Ordinary; so-so; not especially good or important.
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