白はく紙し還かん元げん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

return to the drawing board; reset to a blank slate

Used when a plan, proposal, or decision is scrapped and the process starts over from scratch. Often appears in business or political contexts.

• その法ほう案あんは白はく紙し還かん元げんされた。

  The bill was sent back to the drawing board.

• 計けい画かくの見み直なおしで、すべてが白はく紙し還かん元げんになった。

  With the review of the plan, everything was reset to a blank slate.