| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | he is not up to scratch yet | он всё ещё не в форме |
| inf. | not up to scratch | отсталый (Whatever the answers, what is clear is that Sweden's underwater defences are not up to scratch, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant reports. Victorian) |
| amer. | not up to scratch | негодный |
| gen. | not up to scratch | неудовлетворительный (HarryWharton&Co) |
| gen. | substandard, not up to scratch | неудовлетворительный (HarryWharton&Co) |