Examples:
“Some people make their costumes from scratch, and others buy them.”
“The study confirms what we’ve been hearing for years: Cooking from scratch and eating ‘real food’ is better and healthier.”
Why scratch? According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms, the scratch was the line or mark drawn to indicate the point from which competitors had to start a race, unless they had been awarded an advantage and were allowed to start ahead of this line. Thus, a competitor who started from scratch would start with no advantage.
[1] “scratch” In Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms, edited by Ayto, John. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Photo credit: UCL Engineering (Creative Commons)
Why scratch? According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms, the scratch was the line or mark drawn to indicate the point from which competitors had to start a race, unless they had been awarded an advantage and were allowed to start ahead of this line. Thus, a competitor who started from scratch would start with no advantage.
[1] “scratch” In Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms, edited by Ayto, John. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Photo credit: UCL Engineering (Creative Commons)
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