From Scratch / To Make from Scratch
Създаден с оригинални съставни части или направо от суровините.
Започвам отначало без предварителна подготовка.
Изразът произлиза от чертата – scratch, чертана като начална линия за старта на състезание – т.е. започвам от началото.
Значение от английско – българския речник:
Scratch [skrætʃ]
Стартова линия;
Драска, драскотина, одраскване (разг. и за рана).
Примери:
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.