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英语口语俚语 To get off on the wrong foot

时间:2021-06-13 11:31:05

  由 foot 组成的俗语在英文里实在不少,它们的意思有的是正面的,例如:to put one’s best foot forward。这是指尽量给人一个好的印象。那么,有的人一开始就给人一个坏印象是怎么说的呢?You should say: to get off on the wrong foot。 To get off on the wrong foot,这是指某人一开始就没给人一个好印象,或一开始由于某种行为而把事情弄糟了。

例如:When Joe went to his new job, he got off on the wrong foot--on the first morning he upset his new boss by arriving at the store two hours late. And right now he’s out looking for a job again.

乔找到了一份新的工作,可是他刚开始到那家店里去上班时就给人一个坏印象。第一天上班他就晚到两个小时,让他的老板好不高兴。现在他又在找工作了。

To get off on the wrong foot 这个俗语实际上可以适用于任何情况。例如:I finally got a date with that new girl in class but I sure got off on the wrong foot with her: I had car trouble and got to her place almost two hours late.

那天我终于和班上新来的那个女同学约好了出去玩。可是,当天我的车出了问题,晚了两个小时才去接她,所以我一开头就把事情弄糟了。

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