back to the drawing board

Nghĩa

starting to plan again after a failure

Lên kế hoạch lại từ đầu sau thất bại.

Ví dụ

1. 1The bid was rejected, so it was back to the drawing board for the team.
2. 2The prototype cracked in testing, and suddenly it was back to the drawing board.
3. 3The tasting panel hated the new recipe, so it was back to the drawing board.
4. 4If the council says no on Tuesday, it’s back to the drawing board.
5. 5The software failed its first test, so the developers are back to the drawing board once more.

Ngữ pháp

Không có gì trong cụm này thay đổi. Cụm đứng sau it’s hoặc động từ go, và những người bị ảnh hưởng đứng sau for.

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