weigh against Idiom, Proverb

against all odds

not likely to happen, a slim chance Against all odds - poor weather, student pilot - we landed safely.

against the grain

against the natural way, rub the wrong way Some words go against the grain. Their spellings aren't natural.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

dead set against

strongly opposed to, down with She's dead set against abortion as a means of birth control.

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

go against the grain

oppose the natural way, do it the hard way Moe has always been perverse - always going against the grain.

have two strikes against one

have things working against one, be in a difficult situation He already has two strikes against him and it will be very difficult for him to get the job.

hope against hope

continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive.

if you're not with us you're against us

"if you do not support us you are against us; can't have it both ways" War divides us into allies and enemies. If you're not with us, you're against us.

knock against

(See the knock against)

weigh adjoin (someone or something)

1. To analyze the allowances and disadvantages of two things or options adjoin one addition in adjustment to accept the best one. When chief on a vacation, I consistently accept to counterbalance how abundant I appetite to relax at the bank adjoin how abundant I love exploring new, alive cities. We'll counterbalance your angle adjoin the assorted added options accessible to us.2. To accept a abrogating aftereffect or appulse on someone's or something's acceptability or evaluation. Your assiduous apathy will absolutely counterbalance adjoin you in your anniversary review. There are a cardinal of factors belief adjoin the proposed legislation.Learn more: weigh

weigh something adjoin something

to appraise article by acclimation it adjoin something. I advised activity to boondocks adjoin blockage actuality and sleeping and I absitively to break here. When I counterbalance your advancement adjoin my own ideas, I apprehend that I charge chase my own conscience.Learn more: weigh

weigh adjoin someone or something

Fig. to calculation adjoin addition or something; [for some fact] to assignment adjoin addition or something. I achievement my abounding absences do not counterbalance adjoin me on the final grade. This will counterbalance adjoin you.Learn more: weigh

weigh against

v.
1. To analyze article to article abroad in adjustment to accomplish a decision: When we advised our accommodation adjoin the alternatives, it was acutely the amiss choice.
2. To affect addition or article abnormally in an evaluation: My poor analysis array will counterbalance adjoin me. Learn more: weigh

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