go against the stream

To act or behave in opposition or contrary to what is generally understood, assumed, practiced, or accepted. I really went against the stream when I was in college with some radical opinions, but as I've grown older I have found myself falling more in line with other people's way of thinking. I don't understand why you always have to swim against the stream instead of making things a little easier on yourself!

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?

词组	go against the stream
释义	go against the stream go against the stream To act or behave in opposition or contrary to what is generally understood, assumed, practiced, or accepted. I really went against the stream when I was in college with some radical opinions, but as I've grown older I have found myself falling more in line with other people's way of thinking. I don't understand why you always have to swim against the stream instead of making things a little easier on yourself! 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: act (one's) age act one's age act your age Act your age! act/be your age play to the gallery play to the gallery, to bang (people's) heads together bang people's heads together bang your/their/our heads together References in periodicals archive These designers go against the stream to create, from finding good craftsmen to buying materials and fabrics that may be available today but not tomorrow. MITCHA: digitalising local fashion scene I always admire people that go against the stream and stand for what they are doing, whether that is professionally or personally. Muse: Nour Hage talks self-expression and serial killers The statement by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, announced Tuesday through the Korean Central News Agency, said conservatives in the South who go against the stream of improvement in inter-Korean relations would only face destruction. North Korea denounces burning of Kim Jong-un picture She went into broadcasting because she could not find work as an actress: `the world of theatre at that time, unless you could find somebody to go against the stream, did not employ a black woman'. Broadcaster with vision: Vision TV, Canada, is a network with a difference - religious but multifaith, incisive but non-confrontational To choose to go against the stream of globalization would require courage, mobilization and an expenditure of power. Fiscal fundamentalism And yet at all times in Petersburg, in its historical center - where palaces and private residences of the past for more than eighty years have been resisting any impressive creations of modern architecture in their vicinity - always there were choreographic innovators who knew how to go against the stream. Today it is Boris Eifman. Letter from St. Petersburg
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