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Re: (OT) english idiomsby Anonymous Monk |
on Jan 16, 2004 at 20:33 UTC ( [id://321903]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Completely off-topic, but the phrase is didn't cut muster, not didn't cut the mustard.And completely untrue - well, maybe not untrue, but questionable ;) O. Henry coined the phrase "cut the mustard" in the early 1900's. Some linguists think that it's a corruption of "cut muster", but others think that it is about the mustard. Obligatory google link
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