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Scrape a living 의미, 정의, scrape a living의 정의: 1. To only just earn enough money to provide yourself with food, clothing, and a place to live: 2. Cambridge Dictionary +Plus.
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scratch
(skrăch)v.Scratch A Living Idiom In Spanish
tr.1. To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.
2. To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at.
3. To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.
5. To write or draw (something) by scraping a surface: scratched their initials on a rock.
6. To write or draw hurriedly: scratched off a thank-you note.
7. a. To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through.
b. Slang To cancel (a project or program, for example).
8. a. To withdraw (an entry) from a contest or competition: The jockey decided to scratch the horse when it sprained its ankle.
b. To withdraw an entry from (a contest or competition): Having won three races already, the swimmer scratched her final event.
v.intr.1. To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.
3. To make a harsh scraping sound.
4. To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty.
5. b. Games To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion.
n.1. a. A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching.
2. A hasty scribble.
4. b. A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.
5. Gamesb. A fluke or chance shot in billiards.
7. Slang Money.
adj.2. Assembled hastily or at random.
Idioms: from scratch
scratch the surface To investigate or treat something in superficial or preliminary fashion.
up to scratchInformalScratch A Living Idiom Game
2. In fit condition.
[Middle English scracchen, probably blend of scratten, to scratch, and cracchen, to scratch (possibly from Middle Dutch cratsen).]
Adv. | 1. | from scratch - from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages; 'he baked the torte from scratch'; 'she built her business up from scratch' |
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