English · Idiom Candidate

cut the mustard

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

to succeed or accomplish something

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

thành công hoặc đạt được một thứ gì

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: to cut the mustard condiment

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

He is keen to exchange the first gifts, but the laibon's family first want to see if he can cut the mustard.

She could even cut the mustard in one of the magazines specifically featuring chicks with big tits.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Topics: Food

Common questions

What does “cut the mustard” mean?

to succeed or accomplish something Literally: to cut the mustard condiment

Is “cut the mustard” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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