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to measure up (to sth/sb)

Translation

estar a la altura de alguien
It's hard to measure up to my sister
Es difícil estar a la altura de mi hermana
measure
(Definition of to measure up (to sth/sb) from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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