do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing.
swim against the current
Idiom(s): swim against the tide AND swim against the current
Theme: OPPOSITION
to do the opposite of everyone else; to go against the trend. • Bob tends to do what everybody else does. He isn't likely to swim against the tide. • Mary always swims against the current. She's a very contrary person.
swim against the current|against the current|again
v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream.
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