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• against the grain — {adv. phr.} 1. Across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat). * /He sandpapered the wood against the grain./ 2. So as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike. Usually follows go . * /His coarse and rude ways… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• against the grain — {adv. phr.} 1. Across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat). * /He sandpapered the wood against the grain./ 2. So as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike. Usually follows go . * /His coarse and rude ways… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• against the grain — If doing something goes against the grain, you re unwilling to do it because it contradicts what you believe in, but you have no real choice …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• against the grain — adverb 1. : across the fiber of the wood 2. : counter to one s inclination, disposition, or feelings the check he had imposed upon himself in the chapel, against the grain Margery Bailey * * * against the grain 1. Against the fibre of the wood 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• against the grain —    If doing something goes against the grain, you re unwilling to do it because it contradicts what you believe in, but you have no real choice.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• against the grain — не по вкусу, не по душе It goes against the grain to have to рay him for such рoor work …   Idioms and examples

• Against the Grain —   If doing something goes against the grain, you re unwilling to do it because it contradicts what you believe in, but you have no real choice …   Dictionary of English idioms

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