to swim withor down the streamor the tide, to act in conformity with prevailing opinion or tendency (see stream, n. 2f); so, in opposite sense, to…
| 单词 | θ92282 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > not conform to standard behaviour (2) to swim against the stream or the tide1592 to swim withor down the streamor the tide, to act in conformity with prevailing opinion or tendency (see stream, n. 2f); so, in opposite sense, to… to step (or get, etc.) out of line1791 in (or out of) one's line: suited (or unsuited) to one's capacity, taste, etc.; not one's line, not one's vocation or calling, not among one's… |
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