Yesterday we learned the meaning of qualify. Today I want to teach you an idiom with the same meaning.
Please look at the following example:
A: “Will Canada be in the 2014 FIFA World Cup?”
B: “No. Canada didn’t make the cut again this year.”
Athletes train many hours a day so they can make the cut for the Olympics.
You can guess the meaning from these sentences and from yesterday’s post. Make the cut means to qualify for a team or a competition. Here are a few headlines with this idiom. Click the images for the full articles:
Women battle to make the cut as top chefs
