stard イディオム
cut the mustard
do the job properly, cut it If I'm too old to cut the mustard, maybe I should retire, eh.
bastard
1. a contemptible person. Derived from the original meaning, an illegitimate person, when to be born out of wedlock was viewed as objectionable
2. a pitiable person:"That poor bastard never stood a chance once the avalanche started."
3. used as an negative intensifier:"My bastard car wont start again!"
4. (interj) exclamation of anger
bastarding
an intensifier:"I'm sorry I'm late, I missed the bastarding bus again"
Keen as mustard
(UK) If someone is very enthusiastic, they are as keen as mustard.
Put some mustard on it!
(USA) I think its used to encourage someone to throw a ball like a baseball hard or fast.
Can't Cut The Mustard
Someone who isn't adequate enough to compete or participate.
cut the mustard|cut|mustard
v. phr.,
slang To do well enough in what needs to be done; to succeed.
His older brothers and sisters helped Max through high school, but he couldn't cut the mustard in college.
mustard
mustard see
cut the mustard.
stardust
stardust have stardust in (one's) eyes To be uncritically or unrealistically optimistic.