gaily flung, from scratch, at top speed

Soon after he came to the U.S. from Spain in 1924, Painter Julio de Diego found himself with exactly 25^ to his name. He paid a dime for a ride to the top of the Woolworth Building (then the world's tallest), and gaily flung the other 15^ over Manhattan's skyline. Says De Diego: "I wanted to start from scratch."


^表示 cents 這是電腦掃瞄的關係

Julio De Diego (American, 1900-1979)

Mittalic magic

Feb 14th 2008
From The Economist print edition

Lakshmi Mittal built the world's biggest steel firm from scratch—at internet speed

at top speed
as fast as possible:
The train thundered through the station at top speed.

gaily 
adverb OLD-FASHIONED
happily or brightly:
I could hear her gaily singing in her bedroom.
The tree lights twinkled gaily across the lake.

fling (MOVE/DO)
verb [T usually + adverb or preposition] flung, flung
to move or do something quickly and energetically:
She flung her arms around his neck.
The door was flung open by the wind.
Sergei flung himself down on the sofa.
INFORMAL Let me just fling (= quickly put) a few things into my bag, and I'll be right with you.
INFORMAL They were flung (= quickly put) in prison.

from scratch
from the beginning, without using anything that already exists:
Ben built the shed from scratch.