Question of the Day #1081

‘Back to the drawing board’

From the headline of this article at the Lafayette Student News.

  上記の文で、back to the drawing boardの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "back to the drawing board" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

振り出しに戻って、最初からやり直しで◆【同】back to the beginning

"back to square one"という言い方もあります。
 

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

A saying indicating that one's effort has failed, and one must start all over again.

 

Examples

• “The new package we designed hasn't increased our sales as we'd hoped, so it's back to the drawing board.”
• If the predictions are completely wrong, then it is back to the drawing board.
• If recruiting is a serious challenge, go back to the drawing board and redesign your brand story. —Todd Irwin, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board. —Brian Fung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
• And when one idea doesn't work, PR professionals must have the drive to go back to the drawing board to create something better and more intriguing. —Catherine Seeds, Forbes, 4 May 2023

   

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