be up to scratch



not be up to scratch

to not be of an acceptable standard or quality I'm afraid your last essay wasn't up to scratch. (British & Australian) (British & Australian)
See also: scratch, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TottieTAHT-eeEnglish
Adrijana-Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Anastazie-Czech
Sunniva-Norwegian
Arturər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Hermionehər-MIE-ə-nee (English)Greek Mythology