You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
Hello,
I asked my students to make up sentences with the idioms they are currently studying. Here is one of them:
You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard.
The expreession is 'as keen as mustard'.
The idea is Steve is always keen to help.
Is this expression still in use? I have not come across it often.
Thank you in advance.
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
* not a teacher
I've never heard "keen as mustard" used in American English. It's quite possible that its common in BrE as they use the word "keen" far more.
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
Yes, it's fairly common in BE.
Rover
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
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Rover_KE
Yes, it's fairly common in BE.
Rover
And why is mustard described as keen?
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
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Jasmin165
And why is mustard described as keen?
Pass.
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
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Jasmin165
And why is mustard described as keen?
One meaning of "keen" is "strong/intense".
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
Re: You can ask Steve to help you, he is always as keen as mustard
I haven't used "cut the mustard" or "keen as mustard" since they let me out of the trenches in 1918. ;-)