up to scratch

Meaning

1. as good as sth / sb should be

   His work simply isn't up to scratch.

In the movies · 3

• The guy reached up and scratched his nose.Bad Boys for Life2020
• Here's my patch Not much to look at Nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch This is my school, my high society!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• you wouldn't have turned up here scratching your arse with that,Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998

From the same entry

• scratch your head
• scratch the surface
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• scratch about
• scratch out
• from scratch