1·I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player.
我不是一个合格的曲棍球手。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The manager thinks Mr. Leman just can cut the mustard.
据说我们不久就要来一位新经理。
3·The boss fired him because he couldn't cut the mustard.
老板炒了他的鱿鱼，因为他连切芥菜都不会。
4·He did not last long in the job. He just didn't cut the mustard.
他在这份工作干不长久。他没能做好这份工作。
5·I looked around and finally found a proposition that exactly cut the mustard.
我左思右想，终于找到了一个完全符合要求的办法。
6·My 1995 signed copy of Bill Gates' autobiography did not quite cut the mustard.
我那1995年的比尔盖茨签名自传显然不是很符合主题。
7·When you are not able to perform at the required level, you can't cut the mustard.
当你不能表现出一定的水平时，你不会成功。
8·As a result, you can expect that some things that used to pass as acceptable or even "valid" HTML in the past will no longer cut the mustard.
因此，你可以预期，过去一些习惯于被当做可接受乃至“合法”HTML而通过的东西不再符合要求。
9·You do pay a premium for this, but the features and options make it an ideal choice for environments where ordinary PDAs just can't cut the mustard.
你付出的保费，但功能和选项，使之成为理想的选择环境，普通的PDA就不能削减芥菜。
10·In today's connected world a badly performing website just won't cut the mustard, therefore businesses need to be able to ensure that it's not the website that's to blame for ‘lost sales’.
在当今相互联系着的世界里，一个表现欠佳的网站难以符合要求，因此，各公司需要确保网站本身不为销售下滑负责。