at first »
Initially; at the start.
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baptism by fire »
A change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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fencepost problem »
In computer programming, a problem dealing with how to treat the initial or boundary values of a discrete problem.
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lay open »
In Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
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music to one's ear »
Some unexpected good news; a favorable outcome after some initial confusion or delay.
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put down »
To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.
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when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's easy to forget that the initial objective was to drain the swamp »
Only because it seems so urgent.
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