stick it to the man

To show resistance to or fight back against the established doctrines of a person or body of authority, especially the government. The IRS has been sending me tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own private little way of sticking it to the man. The news reporter, under pressure from his bosses to only report the censored version of events, decided to stick it to the man and share the story in its entirety live on the air.

词组	stick it to the man
释义	stick it to the man stick it to the man To show resistance to or fight back against the established doctrines of a person or body of authority, especially the government. The IRS has been sending me tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own private little way of sticking it to the man. The news reporter, under pressure from his bosses to only report the censored version of events, decided to stick it to the man and share the story in its entirety live on the air. See also: man, stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: what with what with something in the shape/form of somebody/something in the form of (someone or something) in the shape of (someone or something) pull (someone or something) out of a hat pull out of a hat pick (someone or something) out of a hat pick something out of a hat pick, etc. something out of a hat
随便看	catch someone flat-footed catch someone napping catch someone off guard catch someone on the hop catch (someone or something) in (something) catch someone red-handed catch (someone) red-handed, to catch someone's eye catch (someone's) fancy catch (someone) some other time catch (someone) with his pants down, to catch someone with their hand in the cookie jar catch someone with their pants down catch some rays catch some shuteye catch something catch (something) from (someone) catch some Zs catch some Z's catch/take somebody unawares catch/take/tickle somebody's fancy catch the devil catch the drift catch the eye catch the eye of (someone)