back to square one

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （因无进展）回到起点，从头再来

   a return to the situation you were in at the beginning of a project, task, etc., because you have made no real progress

   We are right back to square one.

   So we're back to square one, only now we are all wanted by the CIA.

电影里这样说 · 4 部

• And now, we're right back to square one, aren't we?Dave Chappelle: The Closer2021
• So we're back to square one, only now we are all wanted by the CIA.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation2015
• We are right back to square one.Bad Education2019
• There we are, back to square one.Inside Man2006
• And we'll be back to square one.Happy Death Day 2U2019
• when they fail and I m back to square oneFive Feet Apart2019
• Every stammerer always fears going back to square one.The King's Speech2010

在完整场景里学

• 坏教育2019
  • 办公室里安抚家长：play favorites（厚此薄彼）
  • 学生记者为软文要引语：puff piece（只报喜的吹捧稿）
  • 收下厚礼又被人劝吃三明治：a little something（一点小意思）

同一词条的短语

• a square meal
• a square peg
• square away
• square off
• square up
• square up
• square with
• square with
• fair and square

习语频道里接下来

• by all means
• behind back
• better luck next time
• it serves right
• or
• out of breath
• not the end of the world
• you know who
• feel free
• oh yeah
• be better off
• get started