back to the drawing board

Etymology
Coined as “Well, back to the old drawing board.” as the caption of a Peter Arno cartoon of The New Yorker of March 1, 1941, depicting an engineer walking away from a crashed plane.

Adverb

 * 1)  Back to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.

Translations

 * Dutch: terug bij af
 * Indonesian: kembali ke awal, balik ke awal
 * Portuguese: de volta à prancheta de desenho
 * Russian: нача́ть с нуля́
 * Swedish: tillbaka till ritbordet