Get off on the Wrong or Right Foot

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A lot of American English idioms refer to parts of the body.

Get off the wrong foot

Are Anna and jonathan having trouble learning a dance?

How did it go meeting your girlfriend’s family?

Well it was interesting .

first, I was really late.

Oh jonathan!

Yeah.And then, at dinner, I spilled my water all over her mom.

Jonathan, it sounds like you got off on the wrong foot.

I haven’t even gotten to the wrost part.

If you “get off on the wrong foot” you start something new in a bad way.

Sometime it is because of a mistake you made.

You can also “get on the right foot” if things go well at fhe start of a new project or relationship!

And that’s English in a Minute!