1START DOING somethingto start a relationship badly or well 开始时关系不好/好
Simon and I got off on the wrong foot but we’re good friends now.
我和西蒙一开始相处不来,但是现在成了好朋友。
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2START DOING somethingto start a job, relationship etc badly by making a mistake that annoys people 〔工作、关系等〕一开始就不顺利〔因犯错而使别人讨厌〕
Examples from the Corpus
get off on the wrong foot• We got off on the wrong foot the other day and it was my fault.• We just got off on the wrong foot the other day.• Unfortunately, Pope got off on the wrong foot with his new troops.