get the ball rolling —(also: set the ball rolling ) start or initiate smth.:
- Regardless of how you go about credit report repair, it’s a good idea to get the ball rolling as soon as possible.
set the stone rolling —(also: set a stone rolling ) start smth. which may lead to serious or unanticipated consequences:
- The Austrian ultimatum to Serbia which set the stone rolling was a deliberate provocation.