back to square one

成語所屬單字one

back to square one — 慣用語

1. To return to the starting point of a task because no progress has been made.

1.慣用語
釋義

回到原點

To return to the starting point of a task because no progress has been made.

例句

After the computer crash, we were back to square one.

If the deal falls through, we'll be back to square one.