a cut below



Like this video? Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day!

a cut below

Of lower quality than or inferior to someone or something else, especially that of the expected norm. This waiter is really a cut below what I would expect from this restaurant.
See also: below, cut

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Antonella-Italian
ChristianKRIS-chən (English), KRISH-chən (English), krees-TYAWN (French), KRIS-tee-ahn (German, Swedish)English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
HelĒNa-Latvian
SjraSHRAHLimburgish
Sylvestersil-VES-tər (English)English, Dutch, Danish, German
Hart[ha:t]