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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mustard cutting #68773 05/05/2002 11:29 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus alexis member alexis member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus A friend of mine frequently says "but it just didn't cut the mustard" when something didn't live up to expectations. Can anyone tell me where on Earth this might have come from - or even whether they've heard of it before?? Cheers Alexis Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mustard cutting alexis 05/05/2002 11:29 AM Re: Mustard cutting wwh 05/05/2002 12:58 PM Re: Mustard cutting Faldage 05/06/2002 5:23 PM Re: Mustard cutting Capital Kiwi 05/07/2002 7:15 PM Re: Mustard cutting wow 05/05/2002 7:04 PM Re: Mustard cutting alexis 05/06/2002 11:46 AM Re: Mustard cutting Hyla 05/10/2002 9:26 PM Re: Mustard cutting paulb 05/06/2002 12:35 PM Re: Mustard cutting TEd Remington 05/05/2002 9:04 PM Re: Mustard cutting Sparteye 05/05/2002 9:09 PM Re: Mustard cutting dodyskin 05/10/2002 4:00 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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