Back to the Drawing Board (A Popular English Idiom) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

Back to the drawing board is a popular idiom that means to start over with something. Watch the video to find out more. Back to the drawing board definition: To start over. Origin: From cartoonist Peter Arno in The New Yorker in 1941. The cartoon has a burning airplane with the military pilot coming down by parachute. The civilian engineer has design plans under his arms and the caption says, “Well, back to the drawing board.” Back to the drawing board examples: "It's back to the drawing board—the client didn't like the first schematics." "The government regulators rejected our modifications so it's back to the drawing board." --------------------------------------- Another popular American idiom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXgwNIMG1-s -------------------------------------- Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/