でだし

[出出し] ¶～が…だ

get off to a ... start

¶→出出しでつまずく

¶あの歌の～はどうでしたか

How does that song go ［begin］?

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でだし【出出し】

¶～が…だ

get off to a... start

¶ → 出出しでつまずく

¶あの歌の～はどうでしたか

How does that song go ［begin］?

* * *

でだし【出出し】

the very start [beginning].

●曲の出だし the opening bars of a piece of music; 《口》 an intro.

●出だしがよい[悪い] make a good [bad] start

・何事も出だしが肝要. In everything it's the beginning that's crucial [important].

●国連による和平工作は出だしからつまずいた. Peace initiatives by the UN stumbled right from the start.

●曲の出だしを間違える start a piece of music wrong.

●新車の売れ行きは出だしは好調だったが現在は伸び悩んでいる. Sales of the new car were good at the beginning, but at present they're flat.