كيف تنطق "back to square one"
expression
ˈbæk/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈskwɛɹ/ /ˈwən
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-wuhn
bˈæk/ /tˈuː/ /skwˈeə/ /wˈɒn
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-won
التعريف
If you are back to square one, you have to start something over from the beginning because your previous attempt failed or was pointless.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈbæk/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈskwɛɹ/ /ˈwən
الإنجليزية البريطانية
bˈæk/ /tˈuː/ /skwˈeə/ /wˈɒn
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-wuhn
بريطاني
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-won
استمع في السياق
After losing all my work, I had to go back to square one.
The project failed, so we're back to square one.
If your plan doesn’t work, just go back to square one and try again.
We accidentally deleted the file, so now it's back to square one for us.