be rebuffed in the first encounter; be thwarted at the very beginning; get off on the wrong foot
❍ 刚一开局，他就折了一个车，真是～呀！ He lost a chariot when the chess game just began; he was really thwarted at the very beginning.
出师不利chū shī bù lì
师：军队；利：顺利。形容事情刚开始就遭到失败。a bad beginning,thwarted at the very beginning, get off on the wrong foot