AGAINST THE GRAIN

против шерсти

against the grain: translation

1. Lit. across the alignment of the fibers of a piece of wood. (*Typically: be \against the grain; cut \against the grain; go\against the grain; run \against the grain; saw \against the grain.) •

You sawed it wrong. You sawed against the grain when you should have cut with grain.

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You went against the grain and made a mess of your sanding.

2. Fig. running counter to one's feelings or ideas. (*Typically: be \against the grain; go \against the grain.) •

The idea of my actually taking something that is not mine goes against the grain.

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against the grain: translation

1. Lit. across the alignment of the fibers of a piece of wood. (*Typically: be \against the grain; cut \against the grain; go\against the grain; run \against the grain; saw \against the grain.) •

You sawed it wrong. You sawed against the grain when you should have cut with grain.

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You went against the grain and made a mess of your sanding.

2. Fig. running counter to one's feelings or ideas. (*Typically: be \against the grain; go \against the grain.) •

The idea of my actually taking something that is not mine goes against the grain.

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against the grain: translation

a rebours, a reculons, abhorrent, against the tide, against the wind, anticlockwise, arear, arsy-varsy, ass-backwards, astern, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwart, away, back, backward, backwards, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely, counter, counterclockwise, cross, cross-grained, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, eyeball-to-eyeball, fro, hindward, hindwards, in confrontation, in flat opposition, in hostile array, in opposition, in reverse, intolerable, inversely, just the opposite, mislikable, nay rather, odious, on the contrary, oppositely, otherwise, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, rearward, rearwards, retrad, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, uncongenial, uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unpleasant, up in arms, upside down, vice versa, widdershins, with crossed bayonets