English Language Learners Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for speakers of other languages learning English. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
In English Erotic movie "Fifty Shades Darker", Ana & Christine have conversation on bed after having sex.
Christine: Why do you think you waited? For Sex.
Ana: Mmm! Mmm! I was reading Austen and Brontë and nobody ever measured up to that. I guess I was waiting for something exceptional. And then I met you.
What does mean by "nobody ever measured" means?
Your highlighting has missed out an important word - up. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, measure up means
to be good enough, or as good as someone or something else
The phrase nobody ever measured up to that means that nobody ever met that standard- presumably a standard set by characters in Austen and Brontë.
