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mustard

Definition

  • noun: a thick and spicy yellow or brownish-yellow sauce that is usually eaten with meat
  • noun: a pungent yellow powder of the seeds of any of several common 'mustards' ('Brassica hirta, B. nigra,' or 'B. juncea') used as a condiment or in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, an emetic, or a counterirritant

Examples

  • I gave him the job because he was willing to learn and seemed 'as keen as mustard'.

  • Now that we have computers, typewriters just don't 'cut the mustard' anymore.

  • She tried to join the soccer team, but she couldn't 'cut the mustard'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You got the green light. Watch this. Makes them shit. Go, go, go, go! Meth labs are nasty on a good day. You mix that shit wrong and you got mustard gas. Phosphine gas. - I think. - Yeah, exactly. One whiff will kill you. That's why the respirators. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) I'm sorry. I just need to make sure you fully understand. Best-case scenario, with chemo, I'll live maybe another couple years. It's just... ...you've got mustard on your... Right there. You got mustard there. Right there. So my records show that I paid it... ...and I certainly don't feel (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1