back to square one

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one.
副词 adv.
  1. Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one.

词源

词源 1
Probably from a metaphorical use of the children’s games snakes and ladders.
词源 2
Probably from a metaphorical use of the children’s games snakes and ladders.
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