- swimming against the tide
- not conforming, behavior which is not according to what is accepted
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
swimming against the tide
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swim against the tide — If you swim against the tide, you try to do something that is very difficult because there is a lot of opposition to you. ( Go against the tide is an alternative form.) (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who is doing or saying… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
go against the tide — go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. It s not easy to go against the tide in defence of your principles. He always seemed to be swimming against the tide of public opinion. (sometimes + of) … New idioms dictionary
swim against the tide — go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. It s not easy to go against the tide in defence of your principles. He always seemed to be swimming against the tide of public opinion. (sometimes + of) … New idioms dictionary
swim against the tide — • swim against the tide • swim against the current do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing … Idioms and examples
swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ … Dictionary of American idioms
swim against the current — or[swim against the stream] {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./ … Dictionary of American idioms
swim against the current — • swim against the tide • swim against the current do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing … Idioms and examples
The Kråkerøy Speech — The Kråkerøy speech, also known as the Fredrikstad speech, is one of the most well known speeches of former Norwegian Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen. It was given at the Folkvang assembly hall in Kråkerøy near Fredrikstad, on February 29,… … Wikipedia
against — preposition 1) a number of delegates were against the motion Syn: opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, averse to, antagonistic toward, inimical to, unsympathetic to, resistant to, at odds with, in disagreement with, dead set against;… … Thesaurus of popular words
against — preposition 1) most delegates were against the motion Syn: opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, antagonistic towards, unsympathetic to, at odds with, in disagreement with; informal anti, agin 2) swimming against the tide Syn: counter to … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
