Смысл: back-scratch 
back-scratch [ʹbækskrætʃ]
v разг.
<Í> подхалимничать, лакействовать; ≅ лизатьили чесать пятки
<Í> подхалимничать, лакействовать; ≅ лизать
be not up to scratch Идиома
from scratch
scratch
scratch one
scratch the surface
scratch your head
start from scratch
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
Idiom(s): You scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursTheme: RECIPROCITY
You do a favor for me and I'll do a favor for you.; If you do something for me that I cannot do for myself, I will do something for you that you cannot do for yourself.
• I'll grab the box on the top shelf if you will creep under the table and pick up my pen. You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
• Politicians are always saying to one another, "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
scratch one's back
Idiom(s): scratch one's backTheme: RECIPROCITY
to do a favor for someone in return for a favor done for you. (Informal.)
• You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
• We believe that the mayor has been scratching the treasurer's back.
scratch around
Idiom(s): scratch around (for sth)Theme: SEARCHING
to look here and there for something. (Informal.)
• Let me scratch around for a better bargain. Maybe I can come up with something you like.
• I'll scratch around for a week or two and see what I come up with.
not up to scratch
Idiom(s): not up to scratch AND not up to snuffTheme: ADEQUACY
not adequate. (Informal.)
• Sorry, your paper isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again.
• The performance was not up to snuff.
be not up to scratch
To not be as acceptable as what is expected, required, or demanded; to not be satisfactory or adequate. Jim, I apperceive you've been activity through a boxy time back your wife passed, but these letters aloof aren't up to scratch. I acclimated to eat there all the time, but to be honest, their aliment hasn't been up to blemish recently.Learn more: not, scratch, up
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nothing short of nothing of the kind nothing down nothing but skin and bones not worth a hill of beans not worth a dime not up to scratch not to cross a bridge before one comes to it not take no for an answer not sleep a wink not show one's face not set foot somewhere not see farther than the end of one's nose not one's cup of tea be not in Kansas anymore be not in the business of (doing something) be not in the same class be not in the same league be not just a pretty face be not just another pretty face be not long for this world be not much between the ears be not much cop be not much of a (something) be not much to look at be not on be not playing the game be not playing with a full deck be not right in the head be not rocket science be not short of a bob or two be not short of a penny (or two) be not so much (something) as (something else) be not so much something as something be not the done thing be not the full quid be not the word for it be not to know be not up to much be not up to scratch be not up to snuff be not up to the mark be not what it's cracked up to be be not whistling Dixie be not worth a brass farthing be not worth a dime be not worth a fig be not worth a hill of beans be not worth a plug nickel be not worth the paper it's printed on be nothing (much) to write home about be nothing short of (something) be nothing special be nothing to (one) be nothing to do with (someone or something) be nothing to shout about be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about be nuts about be nuts about (someone or something) be nutty about be nutty about (someone or something) be of (one's) own making be of like mind be of no account be of one mind
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