be back where you startedPROGRESS#to try to do something and fail, so that you finish in the same situation that you were in before 前功尽弃;白费劲 A lot of people who lose weight gain it back over time, and end up back where they started. 许多人减肥后经过一段时间体重又恢复到以前的水平,最后是前功尽弃。
be back where you started• If we lose tomorrow, we'll be back where we started.• And if you decide that they are not, then you are back where you started.• So my client and I are back where we started.• To a large extent we are back where we started.
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