cut (redirected from cuts the mustard)

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a cut above a cut above average able to cut against the grain any way you slice it be a cut above be cut from the same cloth be cut to the bone be half-cut can't cut the mustard catch some Zs clean-cut clear-cut cut a break cut a check cut a deal cut a figure cut a fine figure cut a rug cut a swath cut a swath through cut a wide swath cut above cut across cut along cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut and dried cut and paste cut and run cut around cut at cut away cut back cut back to cut both ways cut class cut coat according to cloth cut corners

cut dead cut down cut down to cut down to size cut eyes at cut eyeteeth on cut from cut from the same cloth cut in cut into cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with cut nose off to spite face cut off cut off at the pass cut off nose to spite face cut off without a penny cut on cut oneself on cut out cut out for cut out of cut out to be cut own throat cut some slack cut teeth cut teeth in cut the cheese Cut the comedy! cut the cord cut the crap Cut the crap!

cut the deadwood out cut the dust cut the ground from under / feet cut the ground out from under cut the pie up cut throat cut through cut through like a knife through butter cut through red tape cut to cut to ribbons cut to the bone cut to the chase cut to the quick cut up cut up rough cut water off cut with cut wolf loose cut your peaches cut-and-dried don't cut no ice Fish or cut bait have work cut out have work cut out for It cuts two ways let go like a headless chicken make a long story short not cut it not cut the mustard one's work is cut out for one run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles saw off the cut and thrust of to cut a long story short you could cut the atmosphere with a knife