right foot foremost

right foot foremost

Indicative of positive or favorable start. The phrase derives from a Roman superstition that one should enter a room with one's right foot first, so as to ensure good luck. In an effort to put my right foot foremost this semester, I've already begun to research for my thesis.
See also: foot, foremost, right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • phub
  • phubbing
  • rip
  • rest in peace
  • speak for (oneself)
  • speak for myself, himself, etc.
  • speak for yourself
  • bode well for (someone or something)
  • the handbags come out
  • yoke
References in classic literature
So saying, they all stepped out once more, with the right foot foremost, as the saying is.