go back to the drawing board

Meaning: Return to the planning stage of a project.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The expression originates from the idea that plans and designs are developed on a drawing board.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• have one's back to the wall — To be in a difficult or desperate situation.
• back-seat driver — A person who gives driving orders when he/she is not the driver.
• bend someone's ear — To talk to someone for a long time.
• bird's-eye view — A broad view or overview of something or someplace.
• blue-blood — A person (or animal) that is an aristocrat or from a noble family.
• a bone of contention — A topic of dispute.

More English idioms

• a bone to pick — A dispute.
• burn one's bridges — To take a course of action that makes it impossible to go back.
• by word of mouth — The informal, verbal passing of information from one person to another.
• catch someone's eye — To attract someone's visual attention.
• change of heart — A reversal of attitude.
• cold feet — Too scared to do something.

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