in AM, use 美国英语用 drawing-board
- 绘画板;图画板;制图板
A drawing board is a large flat board, often fixed to a metal frame so that it looks like a desk, on which you place your paper when you are drawing or designing something.
- (失败后)从头再来,另起炉灶
If you say that you will have to go back to the drawing board, you mean that something which you have done has not been successful and that you will have to start again or try another idea.