Can You Pass Me The Mustard. When you’re talking about someone or something that performs well, would that person or thing pass mustard or pass muster? To ‘pass muster’ originally meant ‘pass military inspection without censure’.
The phrase “pass muster” means to meet a certain standard or expectation. To cut the mustard is “to reach or surpass the desired standard or performance” or more generally “to succeed, to have the ability to do something.” for.