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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing на пустом месте | all forms | in specified order only
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возникнуть на пустом местеarise from scratch (Our state did not arise from scratch. – Наше государство возникло не на пустом месте. Alex_Odeychuk)
много шума на пустом местеall sizzle and no steak (Fyrvaktare)
на пустом местеfrom the ground up (build practically from the ground up VLZ_58)
на пустом местеout of whole cloth (VLZ_58)
построить на пустом местеbuild from scratch (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)