英语词汇“to get off on the wrong foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to get (start, etc.) off on the wrong foot: to make a bad start, esp. in a task or relationship; to start unsuccessfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > start unsuccessfully

to stumble at (on) the threshold1377

to get (start, etc.) off on the wrong foot1844

1844 Congress. Globe 24 Jan. 187/2 It appeared to him that the Senate was about to step off on the wrong foot when the bill was introduced.

1891 Convent. Rec. (Kentucky Constit. Convent.) 26 Jan. 21/2 I feel so much on this subject..that..I got off on the wrong foot, and am possibly in the wrong key.

1904 W. H. Taft Addr. Chamber of Commerce N.-Y. 16 The American merchants in the Philippines have gotten off on the wrong foot.

1960 H. Innes Doomed Oasis ii. iii. 120 The relationship hadn't been at all easy at first. ‘They started off on the wrong foot, you see.’

1991 M. Balter & R. Katz Nobody's Child xiii. 152 The day of the wedding, I start out on the wrong foot by being almost an hour late.

2003 G. Best Scoring at Half-time (2004) ii. 108 Ron got off on the wrong foot, I fear, when he immediately began to refer to Denis Law as ‘the old man’.

单词	to get off on the wrong foot
释义	> as lemmas to get (start, etc.) off on the wrong foot (a) to get (start, etc.) off on the wrong foot: to make a bad start, esp. in a task or relationship; to start unsuccessfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > start unsuccessfully to stumble at (on) the threshold1377 to get (start, etc.) off on the wrong foot1844 1844 Congress. Globe 24 Jan. 187/2 It appeared to him that the Senate was about to step off on the wrong foot when the bill was introduced. 1891 Convent. Rec. (Kentucky Constit. Convent.) 26 Jan. 21/2 I feel so much on this subject..that..I got off on the wrong foot, and am possibly in the wrong key. 1904 W. H. Taft Addr. Chamber of Commerce N.-Y. 16 The American merchants in the Philippines have gotten off on the wrong foot. 1960 H. Innes Doomed Oasis ii. iii. 120 The relationship hadn't been at all easy at first. ‘They started off on the wrong foot, you see.’ 1991 M. Balter & R. Katz Nobody's Child xiii. 152 The day of the wedding, I start out on the wrong foot by being almost an hour late. 2003 G. Best Scoring at Half-time (2004) ii. 108 Ron got off on the wrong foot, I fear, when he immediately began to refer to Denis Law as ‘the old man’. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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