off on the wrong foot

*off on the wrong foot

and *off to a bad start

Fig. starting something (such as a friendship) with negative factors. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Bill and Tom got off on the wrong foot. They had a minor car accident just before they were introduced. Let's work hard to befriends. I hate to get off on the wrong foot.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Andile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Giustino	joos-TEE-no	Italian
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Ulyssa	yoo-LIS-ə	English (Rare)
GrÉTa	GRAY-taw (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Icelandic
Stockton	['stɔktən]