A: How’s your dinner?

B: It’s up to scratch with this place’s usual standard.

A: Would you recommend this restaurant to friends?

B: Sure, why not?

Note: This term means “as good as what was expected, required or demanded,” or in other words, “up to standard.” “Scratch” here refers to a line drawn on the ground as a mark for the starting point, as in a running race. Before the race begins, runners are asked to move forward, up to the scratch or scratched line. This idiom is primarily heard in the United Kingdom and Australia.