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词汇 go back to the drawing board
释义
Idiom
go back to the drawing board
to start something again because the previous attempt failed.
Researchers went back to the drawing board to find where they went wrong.
Usage notes: sometimes used without go:
When we thought we were finished, he sent us back to the drawing board and asked us to completely redo it.
Related vocabulary: back to square one
idiomgo back to the drawing boardto start with a completely new plan or idea after other things have failed:We had to go back to the drawing board several times to revise our software.Mason has gone back to the drawing board to revise his putting style for next week's charity golf tournament.

go back to the drawing board

To revise or begin planning something from the beginning, typically after it or a similar thing has failed. We need to go back to the drawing board on this project. I think it had some fundamental flaws from the start. Their latest product was a financial disaster, so they had to go back to the drawing board and come up with a fresh, new idea.

go back to the drawing board

Fig. to return to the planning stage, so that a failed project can be planned again. These plans have to go back to the drawing board. I thought these problems went back to the drawing board once already.
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