not up to scratch and not up to snuff



not up to scratch and not up to snuff

Fig. not adequate. Sorry, your paper isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again. The performance was not up to snuff.
See also: and, not, scratch, snuff, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fane-Romanian
Mordad-Persian Mythology
Cahaya-Indonesian, Malay
Wieland-German, Germanic Mythology
Sukarnosoo-KAHR-noIndonesian, Javanese
Mungo-Scottish