| English | Russian |
| get off to a flying start | с места в карьер (Wolverine) |
| get off to a rocky start | начать не лучшим образом (Alice Volkov) |
| got off to a rocky start | начать не лучшим образом (Alice Volkov) |
| have had a rough start to life | жизнь не задалась (andreon) |
| off to a rough start | начать что-либо с трудностями (His season got off to a rough start; he made several mistakes during the race, finishing tenth. Negotiations are off to a rough start with some nations calling out China's refusal to beef up commitments to limit temperature increases while it simultaneously double down on coal, the worst fossil fuel of all. goodmotto) |