Showing posts with label par. Show all posts
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Lesson 221--Not up to scratch, Not up to par


Maybe this food isn't up to par.
 
English is full of phrases to say you're not good enough, or it's not good enough.  One of my favourites is "not up to scratch or not up to par."  (These are both golf related idioms)

examples

How is the chef's cooking?
It really isn't up to scratch/par.

I want to hire him, but his French isn't up to scratch/par and that is an important part of the job.

If you're skills aren't up to scratch/par, maybe you should take a course.