go with the stream

go with the stream

To go along or agree with the prevailing or popularly held opinion or perspective; to act or behave the same way as the majority of others. When I was in college, I used to have a lot of radical opinions and beliefs, but as I've grown older, I find myself going with the stream more often. I'm sorry, but I simply refuse to going along with the stream just because it's the easier option!
See also: go, stream
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈstream/ˈtide

behave/not behave in the same way as most other people: He’s a fashion designer who’s always swum against the stream; his work is very original. Why do you always have to go against the tide?
See also: stream, tide
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • go with the tide
  • swim with the current
  • swim with the stream
  • swim with the tide
  • swim with the tide, to
  • swim upstream
  • go against the tide
  • swim against the current
  • swim against the stream
  • swim against the tide
References in classic literature
Why should we knock under and go with the stream? Let us not be upset and overwhelmed in that terrible rapid and whirlpool called a dinner, situated in the meridian shallows.
Youthful vitality might be flawed, but a society transforming itself needs it: 'A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.' (Aphorism).