I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.

看来我和新老板的关系一开头就不好。

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Tomorrow is our first meeting with the new client, so let's try not to get off on the wrong foot.

明天是我们与新客户的第一次会面，我们得试着别搞砸了。

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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.

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。

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The programme got off very much on the wrong foot with the lineation programme the German were given responsibility.

但这项计划从一开始就错了,德国人负责此项项目。

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