get off on the wrong foot
- get off on the wrong foot
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You don't want to get off on the wrong foot, do you? (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. 36) — Надеюсь, вы не собираетесь с самого начала осложнить свое пребывание в тюрьме?
‘Oh, he's brilliant all right,’ said Robin... ‘But he obviously gets off on the wrong foot with his colleagues’. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part I, ch. III) — - Да, Доналд действительно человек выдающийся, - сказал Робин... - Но он не умеет ладить со своими коллегами и сразу же портит с ними отношения.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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get off on the wrong foot — To make a bad beginning • • • Main Entry: ↑foot get off on the wrong foot see under ↑foot • • • Main Entry: ↑wrong * * * get off on the wrong foot see ↑foot, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
get off on the wrong foot — {v. phr.} To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. * /Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn t like it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
get off on the wrong foot — {v. phr.} To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. * /Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn t like it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
get\ off\ on\ the\ wrong\ foot — v. phr. To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn t like it … Словарь американских идиом
get off on the wrong foot — make a bad start I got off on the wrong foot with him and our relationship never really recovered … Idioms and examples
get off on the wrong foot — to begin doing something in a way that is likely to fail. Holly s new secretary really got off on the wrong foot by being rude to visitors … New idioms dictionary
get off on the wrong foot with someone — get off on the right/wrong/foot with someone phrase to immediately establish a good/bad relationship with someone when you first meet them or first start working with them I got off on the wrong foot with Patrick. Thesaurus: to start a… … Useful english dictionary
get off on the wrong foot (with somebody) — get/start off on the right/wrong ˈfoot (with sb) idiom (informal) to start a relationship well/badly • I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss. Main entry: ↑footidiom … Useful english dictionary
get off on the wrong foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot … English terms dictionary
get off off on the wrong foot — get off/start off on the wrong foot 1. if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument. I don t really know why, but somehow Clare and I got off on the wrong foot. (usually… … New idioms dictionary
get start off on the wrong foot — get off/start off on the wrong foot 1. if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument. I don t really know why, but somehow Clare and I got off on the wrong foot. (usually… … New idioms dictionary
