From Scratch / To Make from Scratch
Created with original components or directly from raw materials.
Starting over without prior preparation.
Origin / Etymology
The expression originates from the line — scratch, drawn as a starting line for the beginning of a race — meaning you start from the beginning.
Meaning from English-Bulgarian dictionary:
Scratch [skrætʃ]
Starting line;
Scratch, scrape, scratching (colloquial, also for a wound).
Examples:
There were so many errors in the program that the programmer decided to rewrite it from scratch.
When the writer finished writing his book, it was stolen and now he has to rewrite it from scratch.
He had no money and no rich friends, so he had to build his business from scratch.
She said she wanted to build a new house from scratch.
He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.
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