TODAY'S IDIOM: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

"BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD"

 

 

You can say "back to the drawing board" when a plan or a design has failed, and you decide to begin all over again.

Example: Our new drug worked on rats, but when it was tried on people it failed, so we had to go back to the drawing board and start again.

Empezar de cero.

Example sentences:

• Well, my boss vetoed my proposal, I guess it's back to the drawing board / Bueno, mi jefe vetó mi propuesta, así que que supongo que habrá que empezar de cero.

• Their plans to open a hotel in Fiji fell through, so it was back to the drawing board / Sus planes para abrir un hotel en Fiji fracasaron, así que tuvieron que empezar de cero.

Additional examples:

• We started an online business, but after a while it was back to the drawing board because we couldn't make a profit.

• It didn't work. Back to the drawing board.  

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