pass muster | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To meet or exceed a particularstandard.To get a raise, an employee mustpass musterwith the boss.1990July, Pete Johnson, “A Taste of France in Huntington Beach”, inOrange Coast Magazine:Alsopassing musterwere the loin of lamb in a zinfandel sauce and a variation on chicken marsala served with an avocado, tomato and cheese topping.2006, Simon Lang,While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison, Hal Leonard Corporation, published2006,→ISBN,page167:[George] Harrison's all-American band hadpassed musteronDark Horseand were the leading performers of the period[…]2009March, “Field Test: Global Apparel”, inBackpacker:Supple yet tough, these nylon pants can take a week of bushwhacking and stillpass musterat a dress-code restaurant.; (idiomatic)To adequatelypassa formal or informalinspection.1990June, Max Carter, “Yoko Ono, Phone Home”, inSpy:So while speaking directly to a celebrated stranger may not be possible without firstpassing musterwith a squad of handlers and publicists, you can do the next best thing: dial the famous person'slastlisted phone number and talk to the lucky, star-dusted citizen who inherited it.2005, Jeffrey Rosen, “Rosen, J., dissenting”, in Jack M. Balkin, editor,What Roe V. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision, New York University Press,→ISBN,page184:In any event, the Texas law clearlypasses musterunder rational basis review, which doesn't presume to grade our citizens' moral judgments as if they were submitted as part of an undergraduate exam in moral philosophy.2009, Robert Darnton,The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future, PublicAffairs, published2009,→ISBN,page25:Although I had worked on school newspapers, I did not know what news was — that is, what events would make a story and what combination of words would make it into print afterpassing musterwith the night city editor.

Examples:

EN: Well, do I pass muster?
ES: Bueno, ¿paso la prueba?
EN: You'll pass muster as a working man.
ES: Como trabajador eres aceptable.
EN: If you don't pass muster in New York State... you don't pass muster anyplace else.
ES: Si no pasas la inspección en Nueva York, no la pasarás en ningún otro estado.
ES: Si no pasas la inspección en Nueva York, no la pasarás en ningún otro estado.
EN: The face doesn't look enough like him to pass muster with me.
ES: La cara no tiene bastante parecido como para convencerme.
EN: You'd better stop worrying about what happened to Hulka... and start worrying about how you're going to pass muster at graduation.
ES: Dejen de preocuparse por lo ocurrido a Hulka... y preocupense por como van a a superar el periodo de instruccion.
EN: Well, Willy says if he stays up the whole night and they put a few extra mechanics on the job, it ought to pass muster by tomorrow noon.
ES: Bien, Willy dijo que si quedaba toda la noche y conseguía un par de mecánicos extra para el trabajo, debería pasar la prueba para mañana al mediodía.
EN: When she went to lunch with the other wives, she didn't pass muster.
ES: Cuando fue a almorzar con las otras esposas, que no pasó el examen.
EN: Now you'll pass muster.
ES: Ahora estás mejor.
EN: So, if it doesn't pass muster, the wedding doesn't take place.
ES: Así que si no la aprueban, la boda no se realiza.
EN: So you do think he can pass muster?
ES: ¿Crees que él aguantará?
EN: You sure that's gonna pass muster?
ES: - ¿Estás seguro de haberlo revisado?
EN: Enough to pass muster.
ES: Por supuesto, si se le diera un poco de educación.
EN: - I didn't pass muster.
ES: - No pase la evaluación.
ES: - No pase la evaluación.
EN: It may not pass muster with someone as accomplished..
ES: Puedo darle un nombre también?
EN: You have to write something for every department, and then if those pass muster, then you're on staff.
ES: Tienes que escribir en cada sección, y si estas a la altura, eres parte del equipo.

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