transgress against Idiom, Proverb

against all odds

not likely to happen, a slim chance Against all odds - poor weather, student pilot - we landed safely.

against the grain

against the natural way, rub the wrong way Some words go against the grain. Their spellings aren't natural.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

dead set against

strongly opposed to, down with She's dead set against abortion as a means of birth control.

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

go against the grain

oppose the natural way, do it the hard way Moe has always been perverse - always going against the grain.

have two strikes against one

have things working against one, be in a difficult situation He already has two strikes against him and it will be very difficult for him to get the job.

hope against hope

continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive.

if you're not with us you're against us

"if you do not support us you are against us; can't have it both ways" War divides us into allies and enemies. If you're not with us, you're against us.

knock against

(See the knock against)

transgress adjoin (someone or something)

To accomplish a austere breach that defies or violates addition or something. There are astringent after-effects for abuse adjoin added associates of the community. He was excommunicated for abuse adjoin the attempt of the church.Learn more: transgress

transgress adjoin someone or something

to accomplish an breach adjoin addition or something. (Stilted and formal.) I did not beggarly to breach adjoin you. We did not breach adjoin the rules of the college.Learn more: transgress

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