Back To Square One

Having to start all over again.



Its origin unclear. It is thought to either come from 1)early sport radio commentary on the BBC where a football would be divided into squares and the commentator would say what square the ball was in. 2) Hopscotch a game where player must hope between squares and return to square 1 without falling. 3) From board games such as snakes and ladders where players maybe continually sent back to square 1. Ex: Everything is ruined! We’ll have to go back to square one!



Spanish: volver a empezar desde cero.



German: wieder am Nullpunkt angelangt sein