idioms using “foot”

A foot in each camp

To support both sides without committing to either one

“Hoshi-san has kept a foot in each camp so he is assured of a job regardless of which party wins the election.”

A foot in the door

A small but successful first step

“Yazawa-san submitted her photographs to the editor, hoping to get her foot in the door at the newspaper.”

Get off on the wrong foot

To start off badly, an unfortunate beginning

“Hashimoto-san got off on the wrong foot with the new president when he suggested that several unprofitable divisions should be shut down.”

One foot in the grave

Will die or end soon

“The IT division already has one foot in the grave; the work will be outsourced to a contractor within a month.”

Put one’s foot down

To resist strongly, to stop something

“Kida-san put her foot down and told her boss she wouldn’t work through Golden Week again this year.”