Pass Mustard

It's time for you to check something out and make sure it lives up to your standards. I'll assume it does. So, did it pass muster or did it pass mustard in that case? If you were wondering, it's the first one. While passing mustard is customary at the dinner table, it makes little sense in this situation. Assembling the troops for a variety of purposes, such as drills, inspections, or combat, is referred to as mustering in traditional military jargon. As a result, when the soldiers made it through muster, they had also passed inspection.

There are perhaps multiple reasons for the confusion in this case. It stands to reason that some individuals will confuse the words "muster" with "mustard" just based on their similarity. To cut the mustard is another expression, though. In that instance, "mustard" is the appropriate word and the phrase has the same meaning as "passing muster," therefore it is rather simple for people to confuse the two.