on-the-wrong-foot

on-the-wrong-foot什么意思,on-the-wrong-foot翻译

基本解释

网络: 以不好的方式开始；步子不顺；不吉利地

例句

• He got off on the wrong foot when after working there only a week, he asked the boss for a day off.

  他在那仅干了一星期就向老板要求休息一天，真是一开始就给人不良印象。

• Sheldon: As you know, several weeks ago in our first encounter, we may have gotten off on the wrong foot when I called you an idiot.

  你知道，几周前我们第一次见面时，我们可能没给彼此留下好印象，我称你为白痴。

• eg. I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with my new boss.

  看来我和新老板的关系一开始就不好

• The show steps out on the wrong foot on all fronts.

  这场秀在各方面来说上迈出了错误的脚步。

• He got off on the wrong foot with a tactless remark about his audience.

  他对听众说了句不得体的话，一开始就使自己处于不利的地位。

• Human rights activists have warned that the new Libya could get off on the wrong foot if vigilante justice is condoned.

  人权活动人士曾经警告说，如果容忍暴民司法，新的利比亚可能会走上歧途。

• A: Tomorrow is our first meeting with the new client, so let"s try not to get off on the wrong foot.

  明天是我们与新客户的第一次会面，我们得试着别搞砸了。

• I"m afraid you rather caught me on the wrong foot, asking for it at such short notice.

  真抱歉，你这么紧迫地向我索要，我实在有点措手不及。

• I"m afraid you caught me on the wrong foot, asking for it at such short notice.

  恐怕你要的也太急了吧，我实在是有点措手不及。

• If you misinterpret gestures of introduction, your friendship may get off on the wrong foot.

  如果你误解了这些介绍方式，可能你们之间的友谊会出问题了。