worthy of the name

Idioms  

1. Deserving a name or description, as in Any artist worthy of the name can draw better than that. This expression uses worthy of in the sense of “deserving by reason of merit,” a usage dating from about 1300.

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Example Sentences

The only Santa Claus rally worthy of the name doesn’t arrive until Christmas — just like the big man himself.

From MarketWatch

It was also a night of little reward for striker Hugo Ekitike, the one summer arrival who has flourished, as he had no service worthy of the name in the absence of the injured £125m buy Alexander Isak and midfielder Ryan Gravenberch.

From BBC

The quest for perfection is omnipresent in Streisand’s gardens; maybe her exacting attention to detail somehow rubbed off on the Lasting Love rose just outside her living room window, spurring the creation of an exemplary new bloom worthy of the name Barbra’s Baby.

From Los Angeles Times

The renewal has started with new faces such as striker Omar Marmoush, who had no service worthy of the name here, and midfielder Nico Gonzalez, as well as 20-year-old defender Abdukodir Khusanov, who suffered as he was pressed into service in an unaccustomed right-back role.

From BBC

It’s most notable for a cast worthy of the name “all-stars”; they are TV stars, mostly, but that is a noble breed, and not every movie actor can translate big-screen charisma to the smaller one.

From Los Angeles Times