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on the wrong foot
" How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?"
Trevor McDonald

Meaning of "on the wrong foot" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ON THE WRONG FOOT

on the wrong foot


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON THE WRONG FOOT

on the table · on the tiles · on the tip of one´s tongue · on the town · on the track of · on the trot · on the turn · on the understanding that · on the up and up · on the upgrade · on the wagon · on the wallaby · on the wane · on the warpath · on the watch · on the way out · on the whole · on the wind · on the wing · on the wrong tack

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON THE WRONG FOOT

athlete´s foot · back foot · bird´s foot · board foot · club foot · elephant foot · foot · hand and foot · kick with the wrong foot · of foot · on foot · on the back foot · on the front foot · on the right foot · set on foot · shoot oneself in the foot · the boot is on the other foot · tread under foot · trench foot · tube foot · under foot

Synonyms and antonyms of on the wrong foot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «on the wrong foot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ON THE WRONG FOOT

Find out the translation of on the wrong foot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of on the wrong foot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «on the wrong foot» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

就出师不利
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

con el pie izquierdo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

on the wrong foot
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गलत पैर पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على القدم الخطأ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

с той ноги
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

com o pé esquerdo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভুল পাদদেশে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sur le mauvais pied
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pada kaki yang salah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

auf dem falschen Fuß
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

間違って徒歩で
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

잘못된 도보
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ing sikil sing salah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên chân sai
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான பாதையில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चुकीच्या पायावर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yanlış ayağa
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

con il piede sbagliato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

na niewłaściwym pieszo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

з тієї ноги
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

pe picior greșit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σε λάθος πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die verkeerde voet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på fel fot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på feil fot
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on the wrong foot

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2 QUOTES WITH «ON THE WRONG FOOT»

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Catherine Bach
I was at a party in London when I met Bond producer Barbara Broccoli. She introduced herself, and I didn't believe her name. So I just replied: 'Yeah, and I'm Cathy Carrot.' I think maybe I got off on the wrong foot!
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Trevor McDonald
How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE WRONG FOOT»

Discover the use of on the wrong foot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to on the wrong foot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... foot foremost) be in a bad temper when one gets up: I am afraid you got out of bed with the wrong foot foremost this morning. See also: catch someone on the wrong foot put afoot wrong. get off one's bike get on one's bike get off one's bike ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
2
Bowling: Steps to Success
In 1958, a bowler who finished on the wrong foot won the first PBA event. "Wrong Foot" Lou Campi developed his finish position from playing bocce ball, a game similar to lawn bowling played for centuries in Italy. The wrong-footed finish is ...
Douglas Wiedman
3
Meaning Through Language Contrast
... Dead on one's feet VULNERABLE 19 0.02 NEGATIVE Put your foot in your 7 0.02 NEGATIVE mouth Bound hand and foot 7 0.02 * Caught on the wrong foot 2 0.006 NEGATIVE TOTAL 833 Table 2 Term Variant Semantic component in focus  ...
Katarzyna Jaszczolt, Ken Turner, 2003
4
Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Therefore, if someone put the boot or shoe on the wrong foot, it was uncomfortable and immediately noticeable. This idiom was originally stated, the boot is on the other leg, but in time evolved to what we know it as today. For example: The ...
Valeri R. Helterbran, 2008
5
Orange Coast Magazine
In the 17th century, a person who inadvertently put a shoe on the wrong foot had to take the shoe off, run outside and duck while an accomplice threw the shoe after him. This belief that throwing an old shoe brings good luck survives in the ...
6
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
wrong get off on the wrong foot see foot. get on the wrong side of (someone) to make (someone) dislike one or be hostile to one: Janus isn 't usually bad- tempered — you must have got on the wrong side of him. get (hold of) the wrong end of ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
7
Idioms and Other English Expressions: Grades 4-6
a bad start Mom thought Jenny would make a great babysitter, but we simply got off on the wrong foot. As soon as the door shut behind my parents, Jenny started ordering me around, and she wouldn't let me watch what I wanted on TV.
Timothy Rasinski, Kathleen Knoblock, Kathleen N. Kopp, 2007
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
On the wrong foot: to make a move in the wrong direction; starting the wrong way. You're starting on the wrong foot if you antagonize your co-workers. Put one's best foot forward: See, Put. Put one's foot down: get strict. Do I have to put my foot  ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
9
Weinberg on Writing: the Fieldstone Method
Getting Off On the Wrong Foot Perhaps you have visited our enchanting state of New Mexico and seen some of our cliff dwellings with foot- and hand-holds carved into the rock faces below the dwellings. For security, those ladders were ...
Gerald M. Weinberg, 2010
10
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Opposite get off on the wrong foot get off on the wrong foot, also start 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. * Opposite get off ...
Paul Heacock, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE WRONG FOOT»

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1
Landowners feel “out of the loop” over proposed Sask. potash mine
Johnson said the company got off on the wrong foot with some residents. “When the land sales were being negotiated, there was a lot of ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
2
Irish A-to-Z: Jarron Jones
Neither of those two put together solid seasons on tape and they entered the NFL on the wrong foot, leading to draft day slides and largely ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
3
White progressives must address racial injustice
But clearly unmoved, he stepped off on the wrong foot by gesturing to the protesters and the audience to settle down so that he could get to ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
4
Europa League: 10-men West Ham scrape through on penalties
The Hammers yesterday got off on the wrong foot when they accidentally geo-tagged their photos on Facebook, using a slur created by ... «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»
5
MarketsFrench manufacturers start Q3 on the wrong foot
Hardly a stunning start to the third quarter for France's manufacturing sector, which fell back into contraction territory, according to a well ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
6
Kenya, Rwanda start African volleyball campaign on the wrong foot
East African volleyball giants Kenya and Rwanda commenced the 2015 African Volleyball Championship campaign on the wrong foot when ... «Kawowo Sports, Jul 15»
7
Schade survives late scare from Fanning
Schade's round began on the wrong foot, as he recorded two bogeys in the first three holes. Schade credited his birdie on the par-3 fourth for ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
8
Kobe Bryant, Leadership Responsibilities and Professional Silence
The story was fear of getting off on the wrong foot with Kobe and they all walked right into it. I can understand that discomfort, everything about ... «Hardwood Paroxysm, Jul 15»
9
Meet the real life Little Bo Peep set to become telly's new farm …
“Lee and the dog Skye got off on the wrong foot and I was a bit concerned about their relationship. “Skye is a dog that likes to be part of a team ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
10
Party financing: a lost opportunity
This is clearly a case of getting off on the wrong foot. Although it is technically supposed to be an autonomous Constitutional entity in its own ... «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
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