fix the standards acceptable for the task
establish the desired level of quality or competence required
the minimum or maximum expected to meet what is needed
set the bar high means something is hard to achieve
set the bar low, and it will be easy to do
Don’t set the bar so high that it’s impossible to achieve anything.
The army regiment sets the bar high, and the recruits have to rise to meet it.
Collin is a top-class chef, and he sets the bar high for his trainees.
The trouble with Stacie and the men is that she sets the bar so low and is always disappointed when they don’t turn out how she expected.
The publisher has set the bar so high that I can’t get any of my manuscripts accepted for print.
There is no origin for this idiom
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