Going back to the drawing board?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> “<span word="going">going</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="board">board</span>” <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>: “<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="nonprofit">nonprofit</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="hungry">hungry</span>.”</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="Hence">Hence</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="nonprofit">nonprofit</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="schemes">schemes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="hungry">hungry</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="what">what</span> “<span word="going">going</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="board">board</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span>, <span word="literally">literally</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="architects">architects</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="painters">painters</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="infer">infer</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="failing">failing</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bureaucracy">bureaucracy</span> (<span word="meetings">meetings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delays">delays</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="procedural">procedural</span> <span word="work">work</span>) <span word="or">or</span> <span word="corruption">corruption</span> (<span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="for">for</span>, <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="lunch">lunch</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pupils">pupils</span>). <span word="Therefore">Therefore</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="abandon">abandon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="mechanisms">mechanisms</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="nonprofit">nonprofit</span> <span word="partners">partners</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="making">making</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="KnowYourPhrase">KnowYourPhrase</span>.<span word="com">com</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> “<span word="going">going</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="board">board</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="origin">origin</span>:</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="origins">origins</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="phrase">phrase</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="artist">artist</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="Arno">Arno</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cartoon">cartoon</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Yorker">Yorker</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1941. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="cartoon">cartoon</span> <span word="consists">consists</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crashed">crashed</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="background">background</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fancy">fancy</span> <span word="suit">suit</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crash">crash</span> <span word="site">site</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span>:</p>
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