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/ #idioms #learningenglishwithjackie #idiom #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases ---------------------------------------- Learn English here: https://eslspeaking.org/confusing-words-in-english/ --------------------------------------- More idioms from @English with Lucy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm-n-_uqCvQ --------------------------------------- Transcript for back to the drawing board idiom: Hi everybody, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. So today's idiom is, back to the drawing board. Back to the drawing board. It means starting over or beginning something again, one more time. It comes from 1941. There was a cartoon during the war time. There was a plane crashing and then there was an engineer with some plans for the airplane and the caption was, "Back to the drawing board." So he would have had to redesign the plane again. Here's an example: "How is that project?" "We're back to the drawing board." It means it didn't work out. They are starting over again. Alright, if you like this idiom, back to the drawing board, please be sure to hit like, subscribe and leave a comment. And also be sure to check out my book: The Big Book of American Idioms. It's on Amazon or anywhere you buy books. Until next time, bye-bye.