measure up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To meetexpectations; to be as good as.It's a passable substitute, but it will nevermeasure upto the original.

Examples:

EN: Still, he'll measure up to my standards, or out he goes.
ES: Aun así, si no está a la altura de mis exigencias, se irá.
EN: And I trust that you, and you, too, Mr. Forsythe, will measure up to our requirements.
ES: Y confío en que usted... y usted también, Sr. Forsythe... estarán a la altura de nuestras exigencias.
EN: Learn everything, and if you don't measure up, out.
ES: Aprender todo, y si no está a la altura... se irá.
EN: And I'm giving you a chance to measure up to her.
ES: Y le daré a usted una oportunidad de darle la razón.
EN: You must measure up, Drake. Thank you, sir.
ES: Espero que esté a la altura.
EN: Of course, it must be quite a shock to realize one simply doesn't measure up. To civilised standards.
ES: Claro, debe ser un rudo golpe darse cuenta de que alguien está sin civilizar.
EN: But if she's the one this bill is intended to help it's up to us to find out whether it does measure up to her needs or not
ES: Pero es a ella a quien esta ley tiene la intención de ayudar, depende de nosotros descubrir si está a la altura de sus necesidades o no
EN: When the real test came, I couldn't measure up.
ES: A la hora de la verdad, no di la talla.
EN: I'll try to measure up to all that.
ES: Intentaré estar a la altura.
EN: Yes, you see, there are all too few modern males... who can measure up to the prehistoric.
ES: - ¿Qué os parece? Sí, verán, hay muy pocos hombres modernos... que puedan medirse con el prehistórico.
EN: I received the reports and had to take the measure up officially...
ES: Recibí los informes y tuve que tomar las medidas oficiales.
EN: I have since been out with other men, but as none of them measure up to my first love,
ES: Desde entonces he salido con otros hombres, pero ninguno de ellos estuvo a la altura de mi primer amor.
EN: He doesn't measure up to his father's belt buckle.
ES: Pero no está a la altura de su padre.
EN: I hope i can measure up to the responsibility.
ES: Espero estar a la altura.
EN: Don't I measure up to the other Wileys?
ES: ¿No estoy a la altura de los otros Wileys?

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