get off/start off on the right foot

1. get off/start off on the wrong foot - if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument.

I got off on the right foot by telling her how impressed I was with her work. (usually in past tenses)

2. get off/start off on the wrong foot - to start an activity badly.

The commission has started off on the right foot by consulting local people.

• a priori
• a prophet of doom
• a pub crawl
• a put-up job
• a Pyrrhic victory
• a quantum leap
• a queer fish
• a question mark over something
• a queue-jumper
• a quick fix
• a quick one
• a quick study
• a quid pro quo
• a race against the clock
• a race against time
• a race against time clock
• a rainy day fund
• a rake-off
• a rap across the knuckles
• a rap on the knuckles
• a rap over the knuckles
• a rap sheet
• a rat fink
• a rat race
• a raw deal