get off on the wrong foot

Meaning: If you get off on the wrong foot, you start something poorly, or begin with a mistake.

For example:

I got off on the wrong foot in my new job when I forgot to pass on an important message to the boss.
Helen got off on the wrong foot in her performance when she forgot the first few words of the song.

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Rabab June 30, 2011 6:40

Dear Nadira & Nafis thanks a lot for the nice idioms.

Its very useful. I hope I would remember to use then in the future ^_^
- Nadira > Rabab July 2, 2011 17:44
  
  Rabab
  
  Practice make's man perfect :))))
Nadira June 29, 2011 23:58

Idiom Definitions for 'Come to a pretty pass'

If something has come to a pretty pass, then it is in a difficult, unfavourable or negative situation.
Nafis June 23, 2011 18:06

Idiom of the day:

Quiet as a mouse
- Nadira > Nafis June 29, 2011 2:43
  
  Sweet Nafis
  
  Wow thou roughly enjoyed listening to the idiom. Quiet as a mouse
  
  and the examples too thank you :)
- Mayumi > Nafis June 23, 2011 18:42
  
  Oh, I can't help but smile when you whisper...quite as a mouse.:)
  
  Thanks for sharing...
- Nafis > Mayumi June 23, 2011 21:37
  
  See dear Mayumi?! to learn an idiom, I have to do a funny thing so that I can learn it!! Ahhh!
Nafis June 22, 2011 16:11

Wear the trousers
- Mayumi > Nafis June 23, 2011 18:47
  
  Ahh, now I know:)
  
  In our country, when a man is being under controlled of a woman, we call him as "under de saya. Saya means long skirt, usually wore by women in the past.
- Nafis > Mayumi June 23, 2011 21:34
  
  ohhh..interesting dear Mayumi!! in English they say wear the trousers...

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