up to snuff

English

up to snuff (comparative more up to snuff, superlative most up to snuff)

(idiomatic) Adequate; of acceptable quality; satisfying an appropriate standard.
- 1945, "State of the Nation's Health," Time, 15 Jan.:
  About 40% of U.S. counties lack full-time public-health service. . . . Many registered hospitals are not up to snuff.
(chiefly Britain, dated, idiomatic) Mentally alert, shrewd, savvy.
- 1846, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, ch. 31:
  "Dombey," says the Major, with appropriate action, "that is the hand of Joseph Bagstock: of plain old Joey B. . . . a rough and tough, and possibly an up-to-snuff, old vagabond."
- 1904, P. G. Wodehouse, William Tell Told Again, ch. 7:
  But the people, who prided themselves on being what they called üppen zie schnuffen, or, as we should say, "up to snuff," and equal to every occasion, had already seen a way out of the difficulty.

单词	up to snuff
释义	up to snuff English Alternative forms up to snough Adjective up to snuff (comparative more up to snuff, superlative most up to snuff) (idiomatic) Adequate; of acceptable quality; satisfying an appropriate standard. 1945, "State of the Nation's Health," Time, 15 Jan.: About 40% of U.S. counties lack full-time public-health service. . . . Many registered hospitals are not up to snuff. (chiefly Britain, dated, idiomatic) Mentally alert, shrewd, savvy. 1846, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, ch. 31: "Dombey," says the Major, with appropriate action, "that is the hand of Joseph Bagstock: of plain old Joey B. . . . a rough and tough, and possibly an up-to-snuff, old vagabond." 1904, P. G. Wodehouse, William Tell Told Again, ch. 7: But the people, who prided themselves on being what they called üppen zie schnuffen, or, as we should say, "up to snuff," and equal to every occasion, had already seen a way out of the difficulty. Synonyms up to par, up to scratch See also cut the mustard make the grade pass muster not bad
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