go against the grain 的定义
- To go contrary to someone's natural disposition: “Having to get up this early in the morning really goes against my grain.” This refers to the fact that someone who rubs his hand against the grain on a piece of lumber will get splinters.
go against the grain 近义词
等同于 disagree
更多go against the grain例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
- To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
- To his critics, he explained—sometimes at painful length—his reasoning against it.
- This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
- And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.
- Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
- Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.