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Title:	being capable to do the job
Answer:	cutting the mustard

Hints:	1. what a sharp object does 2. a condiment

Explanation:	I am not sure how this originated. Someone who knows can comment on that..
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Average Rating		3.6
# of votes		13
# of Garbage Votes		1
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Rating: 2

June 6, 2006

Guest

Rating: 4

January 14, 2006

Hello, Dan.
My Oxford dictionary of idioms explains that "cut the mustard" probably comes from an old use of the word "mustardd" meaning "the best".
Bye
Malgorzata

Guest

Rating: 4

December 28, 2005

No make senses for me , in Portuguese language means "Cortando a mostarda"UH!!!

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