英语词汇back to square one的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	back to square one
词源	back to square one. This phrase means to “start all over again” or to “go back to the beginning” of a problem or project in an attempt to solve it. An expression of frustration, it was probably suggested by players of the various board games in which a playing piece is moved off the first square after the drawing of a card or the throw of the dice.
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