on the wrong foot
基本解释
- 以不好的方式开始，出师不利
英汉例句
- When Joe went to his new job, he got off on the wrong foot--on the first morning he upset his new boss by arriving at the store two hours late.
乔找到了一份新的工作，可是他刚开始到那家店里去上班时就给人一个坏印象。 第一天上班他就晚到两个小时，让他的老板好不高兴。 - It starts you on the wrong foot right away.
它一开始就让你们迈错了步子。
blog.sina.com.cn - The programme got off very much on the wrong foot with the lineation programme the German were given responsibility.
但这项计划从一开始就错了,德国人负责此项项目。
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