from the ground up

from the ground up
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1) до основания, основательно, полностью, досконально, во всех отношениях [первонач. амер.]

I know the Governor from the ground up... (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part I, ch. IV) — Уж я-то знаю губернатора как самого себя...

I'm a man... from the ground up - and there's no son of a bitch in this camp who don't know it... (K. Winsor, ‘Wanderers Eastward, Wanderers West’, ch. VIII) — я настоящий мужчина... и нет ни одного сукина сына в этом лагере, который бы не знал этого...

He changed everything from the ground up. — Он все основательно изменил.

2) с самого начала, с азов; ≈ из ничего, на пустом месте

I'd very much like to find a business that I could buy and make into something, or start one from the ground up. I think you understand that. (J. O'Hara, ‘From the Terrace’) — Мне бы очень хотелось купить какое-нибудь дело и основательно расширить его. Или же начать что-то совсем новое. Думаю, вам это понятно.

Here... was a chance to start a fine educational job and to build practically from the ground up. (W. Du Bois, ‘Mansart Builds a School’, ch. VI) — Вот она... прекрасная возможность заниматься педагогической деятельностью, но начинать придется на пустом месте.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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