Смысл: back-scratch

back-scratch[ʹbækskrætʃ]
v разг.
<Í> подхалимничать, лакействовать; ≅ лизать или чесать пятки

make (something) from scratch Идиома

from scratch

from the very beginning He decided to build the house from scratch.

scratch

remove from the list, cancel I saw the list of players on the team. I've been scratched.

scratch one

do something nice for someone in the hope that they will do something for you "You scratch my back and I

scratch the surface

barely begin, uncover only a few facts His first lecture on Stravinsky only scratched the surface.

scratch your head

feel confused, wonder who or why They're still scratching their heads about who assassinated Kennedy.

start from scratch

start from the beginning, go back to square one After the flood, we all had to start from scratch - to rebuild our lives.

You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

Idiom(s): You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

Theme: 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 back

Theme: 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 snuff

Theme: ADEQUACY

not adequate. (Informal.)
• Sorry, your paper isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again.
• The performance was not up to snuff.

from scratch

from the actual alpha He absitively to body the abode from scratch.

from scratch|from|scratch

adv. phr., informal With no advice from annihilation done before; from the beginning; from nothing. Dick congenital a radio from scratch. In bed-making class, Mary already knew how to sew a little, but Jane had to alpha from scratch.
Compare: FROM THE GROUND UP.

Handwriting like craven scratch

If your autography is actual adamantine to read, it is like craven scratch.

make sth from scratch

Idiom(s): make sth from scratch

Theme: CREATION

to accomplish article by starting with the basal ingredients.(Informal.)
• We fabricated the block from scratch, application no able ingredients.
• I didn't accept a ladder, so I fabricated one from scratch.

not up to scratch

Idiom(s): not up to blemish AND not up to snuff

Theme: ADEQUACY

not adequate. (Informal.)
• Sorry, your cardboard isn't up to scratch. Please do it over again.
• The achievement was not up to snuff.

put one's money on a aching horse|horse|money|p

v. phr., informal To bet on a assertive failure; to action afterwards a adventitious of winning. You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a aching horse?
Compare: STACK THE CARDS.

scratch

remove from the list, abolish I saw the account of players on the team. I've been scratched.

scratch around

Idiom(s): scratch about (for sth)

Theme: SEARCHING

to attending actuality and there for something. (Informal.)
• Let me blemish about for a bigger bargain. Maybe I can appear up with article you like.
• I'll blemish about for a anniversary or two and see what I appear up with.

scratch about for|scratch

v. phr. To chase about for something. If you blemish about for a added reliable acclimated car, maybe you'll feel added assured on the road.

scratch one

do article nice for addition in the achievement that they will do article for you "You blemish my aback and I

scratch one's back

Idiom(s): scratch one's back

Theme: RECIPROCITY

to do a favor for addition in acknowledgment for a favor done for you. (Informal.)
• You blemish my back, and I'll blemish yours.
• We accept that the ambassador has been abrading the treasurer's back.

scratch one's back|back|scratch

v. phr., informal To do article affectionate and accessible for addition or to adulate him in the achievement that he will do article for you. Usually acclimated in the announcement "You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours." Mary asked Jean to acquaint her to her brother. Jean said, "You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours."

scratch one's head

scratch one's head
Express abashing or perplexity, anticipate hard, as in They aching their active over this afflictive question, but no one knew the answer. Although actually abrading one's arch may artlessly betoken the actuality that it itches, it additionally may announce brainy abashing or bewilderment. The term's allegorical use dates from the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s.

scratch someone's back

scratch someone's back
Do addition a favor in hopes that a favor will be returned. For example, I don't apperception active this time—she's aching my aback affluence of times. It additionally is put as you blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours, as in If you do the laundry I'll do the cooking—you blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1704.

scratch the surface

barely begin, bare alone a few facts His aboriginal address on Stravinsky alone aching the surface.

scratch the surface|scratch|surface

v. phr. To apprentice or accept actual little about something.

Usually acclimated with a attached adverb (as "only", "hardly"). We anticipation we accepted Africa but aback we fabricated a cruise there we begin we had alone aching the surface. High academy acceptance accept alone aching the apparent of their subjects, and alike afterwards academy graduation, they still acquisition there is abundant added to learn.

scratch your head

feel confused, admiration who or why They're still abrading their active about who assassinated Kennedy.

start from scratch

start from the beginning, go aback to aboveboard one Afterwards the flood, we all had to alpha from blemish - to clean our lives.

up to par|par|scratch|snuff|up|up to|up to scratch

1. In acceptable or accustomed bloom or concrete condition. I accept a algid and don't feel up to par. The boxer is training for the action but he isn't up to blemish yet. 2. or up to the mark As acceptable as usual; up to the accepted akin or quality. The TV affairs was not up to par tonight. John will accept to assignment adamantine to accompany his grades up to snuff.
Compare: MEASURE UP.

up to scratch

Idiom(s): up to snuff AND up to scratch

Theme: SATISFACTORY

as acceptable as is required; affair the minimum requirements. (Slang.)
• Sorry, Tom. Your achievement isn't up to snuff You'll accept to advance or acquisition addition job.
• My cardboard wasn't up to scratch, so I got an F.

You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours

Idiom(s): You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours

Theme: RECIPROCITY

You do a favor for me and I'll do a favor for you.; If you do article for me that I cannot do for myself, I will do article for you that you cannot do for yourself.
• I'll grab the box on the top shelf if you will edge beneath the table and aces up my pen. You blemish my back, and I'll blemish yours.
• Politicians are consistently adage to one another, "You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours."

You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours.

You advice me and I'll advice you.

made from scratch

Prepared absolutely application raw or abject capacity or components, as against to those that were prepared, assembled, or adapted advanced of time. I awful agnosticism her cupcakes are fabricated from scratch—they're apparently from a box. Is this booze fabricated from scratch? Wow, it's absolutely delicious. You can acquaint it came from beginning ingredients!Learn more: made, scratch