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| English | Russian |
| arise from scratch | возникнуть на пустом месте (Our state did not arise from scratch. – Наше государство возникло не на пустом месте. Alex_Odeychuk) |
| back-scratch | лизать задницу |
| be left scratching one's head | недоумевать (после происшествия: Denizens of a Ukrainian village were left scratching their heads after a veritable armada of glowing anomalous orbs appeared in the night sky. • Police officers in Las Vegas were left scratching their heads when they responded to a call from a family who claimed that there were a pair of aliens in their backyard.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| build from scratch | построить на пустом месте (And since we're perfectionists, we build each and every grill from scratch – and we laser cut our grates in-house for heavy-duty reliability. • Renovations are more likely to discover unforeseen problems that were not detected before and require un-budgeted "change orders" to fix before proceeding. In other words, the cheaper renovation model could cost more money and time than the total "build from scratch". (burnabynow.com) ART Vancouver) |
| build from scratch | построить с нуля (Helmut built an incredibly successful commercial enterprise from scratch and was awarded the Order of Canada. ART Vancouver) |
| create from scratch | создать с нуля (ART Vancouver) |
| scratch an itch | удовлетворить желание (Solidboss) |
| scratch back | помогать (в каком-нибудь деле, за что вас обязательно отблагодарят: I scratch your back, you scratch mine? – Я помогу тебе, а ты поможешь мне? Taras) |
| scratch the surface | скользить по поверхности |
| scratch the surface | поверхностно излагать (и т. п. В.И.Макаров) |
| scratch the surface | быть всё ещё далеко от понимания (сути чего-либо markovka) |
| scratch the surface | затронуть верхушку (Баян) |
| scratch the surface | поверхностно изучать (и т. п. В.И.Макаров) |
| scratch the surface | копать неглубоко (В.И.Макаров) |
| scratch the surface | едва затронуть ("The Brucejack mine has an expected lifespan of 14 years, carrying it to 2031, but Pretium thinks it's only scratched the surface of the area's potential." (BC Business Magazine) – едва затронули потенциал этого участка ART Vancouver) |
| scratch the surface | коснуться только малой части (Баян) |
| scratch the surface | начать узнавать что-то о (чем-то; to just begin to find out about something КГА) |
| scratch the surface | коснуться поверхности (Artjaazz) |
| scratch the surface | затронуть только малую часть (какой-либо темы Баян) |
| scratch together | поскрести по сусекам (VLZ_58) |
| start from scratch | начать с самого начала (yulia_mikh) |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours | в сговоре (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours | быть с сговоре (Yeldar Azanbayev) |