start off on the wrong foot

English

Verb

start off on the wrong foot (third-person singular simple present starts off on the wrong foot, present participle starting off on the wrong foot, simple past and past participle started off on the wrong foot)

1. To begin badly.

   Antonym: start off on the right foot

Translations

begin badly

• Catalan: començar amb mal peu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出師すいし不利ふり／出で师不利ふり (chūshībùlì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: komencaĉi
• Finnish: alkaa huonosti
• French: partir du mauvais pied (fr)
• Hungarian: rosszul/szerencsétlenül indul/kezdődik
• Polish: zaczynać się źle impf, zacząć się źle pf
• Portuguese: começar com o pé esquerdo
• Russian: встать не с той ноги́ pf (vstatʹ ne s toj nogí), не зада́ться pf (ne zadátʹsja)
• Spanish: comenzar con mal pie

See also

• get up on the wrong side of the bed