mustard adj.
excellent, very good; often with at/on/to (i.e. very good at something).
City Of The World 238: I don’t mind sums, though. I’m mustard at them. | ||
Squeaker (1950) 8: Is there any chance of seeing this Barrabal I hear so much about? They say he’s mustard. | ||
Of Love And Hunger 135: Make no mistake, she’s mustard. | ||
Oh Boy! No. 21 10: Although he always gets into a pickle, you must admit he’s mustard. | ||
(ref. to 1917–18) Make the Kaiser Dance 101: In World War I parlance, a man who was on the square was the real goods — in other words, a right guy [...] just let it suffice to say it meant he was ‘to the mustard’. | ||
(con. 1945) Touch and Go 57: I didn’t know you could fight like that [...] My God, you’re mustard. | ||
Urban Grimshaw 168: They did it in less than a week, which was mustard. | ||
Braywatch 32: ‘I didn’t mean to piss on your parade.’ He’s like, ‘Ine moostard, Rosser – doatunt woody abourrit’. |
In phrases
excellent, skilled at.
You Can Search Me 17: Petroskinski is a discovery of mine, and he’s all to the mustard. | ||
Inimitable Jeeves 32: Never before had I encountered a curate so genuinely all to the mustard. | ||
All to the mustard.-Correct; perfectly satisfactory; desirable. | Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 18: