going against the grain

Doing the opposite of what is requested

Man, I ask you to wear jeans, here you come in a suit, you always going against the grain!

by Isaid it November 27, 2017

Go against the grain

when you make life more difficult by acting against the wishes of others.

“So you just gon’ go against the grain and just go against everything that I just… I just told y’all not to ask me that shit when I got up in here.” -August Alsina

by Niquey June 27, 2014

Going against the grain

To do something that can be deemed as not the social norm

‘Life is all about going against the grain’
‘I really went against the grain yesterday’

by Andrew tate July 26, 2022