Idiom
scratch one's own itch
Meaning
To do something out of motivation to solve a personal problem; to take matters into one's own hands.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I decided to scratch my own itch and fix the broken sink myself.”
“Since no software existed to track my daily habits, I built an app to scratch my own itch.”
“Rather than waiting for the government to address the local infrastructure, the community leaders decided to scratch their own itch by organizing a volunteer repair crew.”
Examples
simple
“I decided to scratch my own itch and fix the broken sink myself.”
contextual
“Since no software existed to track my daily habits, I built an app to scratch my own itch.”
complex
“Rather than waiting for the government to address the local infrastructure, the community leaders decided to scratch their own itch by organizing a volunteer repair crew.”
Origin
From the phrase *scratch an itch*, used to denote the act of addressing a specific personal requirement or frustration through one's own efforts.
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