against the grain

基本解释

Here’s a little known confidence booster: when you follow your own path, (especially when you go against the grain.
以下是一个不出名的自信推进法。当你走自己的路时（即使你跟别人格格不入），你也会无比的兴奋。
He has moseyed through enough fairs to know how to sign a goat—on its left side, so as not to write against the grain of its coat.
他逛过太多的农贸市场，知道该怎么在一只山羊身上签字——那就是应在它的身体左侧，这样才不会逆着羊毛的纹理而写。
Cutting against the grain of a staunchly patriarchal society, Mr. Soong expected big things from his daughters as well as from his sons.
宋先生与当时坚定的男性宗法社会格格不入，他期盼他的女儿们能和他的儿子一样有出息。

And such a stimulus would cut against the grain of reducing the debt and the deficit.
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