against the grain | Idiomator

Meaning: (woodworking,of sanding or planing a piece of wood)Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising thenapof the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cuttingtoolbelow the cutting surface.; (idiomatic)Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.By goingagainst the grainand going to work nude, you've made yourself alaughing stock.2015August 1, Ed Vulliamy, quoting Robert Gordon, “‘Don’t call me a crypto-Nazi!’ The lost heart of political debate”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Get the thinkers out into the open like Vidal and Buckley, a really radical idea,against the grain.2022March 5, Richard Partington, “Russia’s central bank head ‘is mourning for her economy’”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:For Nabiullina, the developments unpick almost a decade of work goingagainst the grainof Putin’s increasing global isolation by opening up the economy.; (idiomatic)Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature.It went muchagainst the grainwith him.c.1608–1609(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Say, you chose him / More after our commandment than as guided / By your own true affections, and that your minds, / Preoccupied with what you rather must do / Than what you should, made youagainst the grain/ To voice him consul: lay the fault on us.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeagainst,‎the,‎grain.1879, R. C. Kedzie, “The Adulteration and Deterioration of Food”, inAnnual Report of the National Board of Health,→LCCN,→OCLC,page138:In all ordinary processes of grinding, the friction of the rapidly revolving millstonesagainst the grain, or even of the stones against each other, develops a large amount of heat, so that the crushed wheat comes from the stones quite hot1983, US Congress,Grain Elevator Bankruptcy,→LCCN,→OCLC,page134:There simply was not enough grain in each elevator to satisfy the known claimsagainst the grain.

Examples:

EN: It's all unspeakably sad. Deceptions horribly against the grain... When I deceived him, I would deceive God himself, I was so miserable!
ES: Todo esto es muy triste no me gusta nada mentir pero...
EN: I may be blind but I can see through you,Clandon For generations you've been tin gods around here and it goes against the grain when a mongrel like myself marches in and steal your thunder
ES: Perdí a mi único hijo, pero no cometo el error de pensar que es más importante que la muerte de Wenneby, el hijo de su jardinero.
EN: It goes against the grain to bargain with criminals.
ES: Va en contra de toda lógica negociar con criminales.
EN: You've always gone against the grain.
ES: Tú siempre has ido contra corriente.
EN: I mean, it wouldn't go against the grain with them.
ES: Me refiero a los que no tienen remordimientos.
EN: Though I'm bound to say it went against the grain to overcook my pastry.
ES: Aunque le diré que va en contra de mis principios recocer mis bollos.
EN: I've been putting against the grain.
ES: La he estado golpeando contra el hilo.
EN: Something must have gone against the grain. Won't you sit down.
ES: Algo debe haberse puesto contra la fibra. ¿Quiere sentarse?
EN: Goes against the grain.
ES: -No va conmigo.
EN: Does it go against the grain?
ES: ¿Va en contra de tu costumbre?
EN: It's only wearing when it's something you don't want to do, when it goes against the grain.
ES: Sólo se harta uno de lo que se hace a la fuerza. - De lo que no resulta espontáneo.
EN: Of course, you'll realize all this goes against the grain, don't you? I mean, all this sort of thing.
ES: Claro que, espero que se den cuenta que es muy molesto para mí.
EN: Every female liberty is going to be achieved the way every liberty is achieved, which is, it's going to be achieved against the grain, against the paradox of the fact that there's much in human life which forbids liberty.
ES: Toda libertad de la mujer se logrará de la misma manera que toda libertad, es decir, a contrapelo, contra la paradoja del hecho... de que hay mucho en la vida humana que prohíbe la libertad.
EN: You were cutting at least 30 degrees against the grain.
ES: Lo cortabas casi a 30 grados del grano.
EN: I'm a lawyer. It goes against the grain.
ES: Va en contra de mis principios.

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