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. (This entry is a translation hub.) To begin badly; see on the wrong foot and start off.

Translations

begin badly

• Catalan: començar amb mal peu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出師不利／出师不利 (chūshībùlì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: komencaĉi
• Finnish: nousta väärällä jalalla
• French: partir du mauvais pied (fr)
• Hungarian: rosszul/szerencsétlenül indul/kezdődik
• 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