Back to square one

When you have to do something over again

It is a bad day, you finished your project and the wind blew it away. You're so furious and you've to do it all over again. This is what you called "Back to square one"

by Bryan Chan January 22, 2006

Back to square one

When you're back to where you started, all progress has been lost

Man, someone shredded my 500 page essay... well now I'm back to square one

by allan_t321 June 5, 2016