释义 |
●(not) cut the ˈmustard(not) be as good as expected or required (不)如期待(或要求)得那么好;(不)符合条件◆I didn’t cut the mustard as a hockey player. 作为曲棍球运动员,我不符合条件。 ORIGIN Mustard in this expression may possibly refer to an old-fashioned slang word used in American English, meaning ‘the best of anything’. 这个表达法中的 mustard 或许源于美国英语中的一个旧俚语,意为“最好的”。 |