get off/start off on the wrong foot出師不利

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. (如果 是 get off on the wrong foot with someone, 意思是指與某人相識是起因於爭吵或不愉快的事)

I don't really know why, but somehow Clare and I got off on the wrong foot. (usually in past tenses)

2. to start an activity badly. (出師不利)
If I get off on the wrong foot with one of my paintings, I know it will never be right.