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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance
Cuts the mustard - meaning: comes up to scratch (which could be another one except I think it has connections with golf and being a scratch/zero handicap player, but it may pre-date this)
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Cuts as in dilutes rather than separates, perhaps? Makes palatable?? Undiluted mustard is pretty strong stuff, after all, and overwhelms the tastebuds.
You know ... this might make an interesting party game.
I thought maybe someone already had done this, but the objective of
Wise and Otherwise is to complete a maxim, not explain it.