go back to the drawing board - Start over and go back to the beginning or the planning stage, bite the bullet - Do something unpleasant that needs to be done, a bitter pill to swallow - Something unpleasant that needs to be accepted, a catch-22 situation - A dilemma or difficult situation from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting conditions, come hell or high water - No matter what, came up short - Fail to achieve a goal; be insufficient, cut their losses - Abandon an activity that is clearly going to be unprofitable or unsuccessful before you suffer more loss or harm, the last straw - The last in a series of unpleasant events that finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation, slip through our fingers - Fail to take advantage of an opportunity, not out of the woods yet - We’re still in trouble, playing with fire - Do something risky or dangerous, roll with the punches - Adapt to difficulties by accepting them and carrying on, spread itself too thin - Try to do too many different things at the same time (so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them), between a rock and a hard place - In a very difficult situation and to have to make a hard decision, thrown in the towel - Abandon a struggle; admit defeat, give up, tip of the iceberg - A small, noticeable part of a problem (of which the total size is really much greater), an uphill climb - A difficult, tedious process,

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