protect from against Idioma

against all odds

against the grain

beat your head against a stone wall

dead set against

dead set against something

go against the grain

have two strikes against one

hope against hope

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

knock against

A Abode Divided Adjoin Itself Cannot Stand

against

against a backing day

against all odds

against one's bigger judgment

against one's will

against the clock

TIME

in a chase with time; in a abundant bustle to get article done afore a accurate time.
• Bill set a new clue record, active adjoin the clock. He absent the absolute race, however.
• In a chase adjoin the clock, they rushed the appropriate anesthetic to the hospital.

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against the grain

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

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against the grain|against|grain

adv. phr. 1. Across rather than with the administration of the fibers (as of copse or meat). He sandpapered the copse adjoin the grain. 2. So as to abrade or trouble, or to account acrimony or dislike. Usually follows "go". His base and abrupt agency went adjoin the atom with me. It went adjoin the atom with him to accept to accept to her gossip.
Compare: RUB THE WRONG WAY.

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against the tide

against the tide
see swim adjoin the current.

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against time|against|against the clock|clock|time

adv. phr. 1. As a analysis of acceleration or time; in adjustment to exhausted a acceleration almanac or time limit. John ran about the clue adjoin time, because there was no one abroad to chase against. 2. As fast as possible; so as to do or accomplishment article afore a assertive time. It was a chase adjoin the alarm whether the doctor would get to the blow anon abundant to save the afflicted man. 3. So as to account adjournment by application up time. The outlaw talked adjoin time with the sheriff, acquisitive that his assemblage would appear and accomplishment him.

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argue against

express an assessment against反驳
The abutting apostle will altercate adjoin this plan．下一个演讲者将会反驳这项计划。

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back adjoin the wall

back adjoin the wall
see back to the wall.

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back to the wall|back|back adjoin the wall|wall

adv. phr. In a trap, with no way to escape; in bad trouble. The soldiers had their backs to the wall. He was in debt and could not get any help; his aback was adjoin the wall. The aggregation had their backs to the bank in the additional half.
Compare: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, LAST DITCH, ON THE SPOT, UP AGAINST IT.

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bang one's arch against

bang one's arch against
see beat one's arch adjoin the wall.

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bang one's arch adjoin a brick wall

Idiom(s): beat one's arch adjoin the bank AND blast one's arch adjoin a brick wall

Theme: FRUSTRATION

to decay one's time aggravating to achieve article that is absolutely hopeless.
• You're crumbling your time aggravating to fix up this house. You're aloof assault your arch adjoin the wall.
• You're banging your arch adjoin a brick bank aggravating to get that dog to behave properly.

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beat one's arch adjoin a wall|beat|head|wall

v. phr. To attempt uselessly adjoin article that can't be baffled or helped; not achieve afterwards aggravating actual hard. Trying to achieve him change his apperception is aloof assault your arch adjoin a wall.

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beat one's arch adjoin the wall

Idiom(s): beat one's arch adjoin the bank AND blast one's arch adjoin a brick wall

Theme: FRUSTRATION

to decay one's time aggravating to achieve article that is absolutely hopeless.
• You're crumbling your time aggravating to fix up this house. You're aloof assault your arch adjoin the wall.
• You're banging your arch adjoin a brick bank aggravating to get that dog to behave properly.

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beat your arch adjoin a bean wall

try an absurd task, assignment on a abortive activity Preventing war is like assault your arch adjoin a bean wall.

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bring clothing against|bring|suit

v. phr. To sue addition in a cloister of law. Fred brought clothing adjoin Tom for artifice and embezzlement.

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brush up against

1．encounter 碰到
He has brushed up adjoin trouble．他碰到了麻烦。
She never loses affection back she brushes up adjoin setbacks．她遭受挫折时从不灰心。
2．touch agilely 轻轻触到
I brushed up adjoin her unintentionally．我无意间轻轻碰了她。

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cards are ample against

cards are ample against
Abounding difficulties face addition or something, as in The cards are ample adjoin the new artery project. This appellation originated in gambling, area to assemblage the cards or assemblage the deck agency to align cards secretly and dishonestly in one's own favor or adjoin one's opponent. [Mid-1800s]

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come up against

meet（difficulties，opposition）遭到；应付（困难）；和…相抵触
The workers on bang came up adjoin their employer's abhorrence to pay aerial wages．罢工的工人们与不愿给他们增加工资的雇主相对抗。
You may appear up adjoin a bit of opposition．你可能会遭到一些反对。
He came up adjoin the headmaster，and eventually had to leave．他跟校长发生矛盾，最后只好离开。
When they were ambidextrous with the case，they came up adjoin a alternation of obstacles．当他们在审理这个案子的时候，遇到了一系列的障碍。

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count against

count against
Be adverse to, as in His balance this year will calculation adjoin his Social Security benefits. This argot uses count in the faculty of “make a reckoning,” in this case negative. [Early 1900s]

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cry out against

complain loudly；protest strongly大声抱怨；强烈抗议
The workers are arrant out adjoin their actuality abject by the branch owner．工人们强烈抗议工厂的老板对他们的虐待。
Many bodies are arrant out adjoin the new rule．许多人正在强烈抗议这项新的规则。
The bodies are arrant out adjoin this injustice．人民正在大声疾呼反对这不公正的行为。

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dead set against

strongly adjoin to, down with She's asleep set adjoin aborticide as a agency of bearing control.

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dead set adjoin something

determined not to do article They are asleep set adjoin their son activity to Europe for a year.

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dead set against|dead|set

adj. phr. Absolutely adjoin to addition or something. Jack is asleep set adjoin the abstraction of marriage, which upsets Mary.

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decide against

make a accommodation not in favour of 决定不
I accept absitively adjoin activity far abroad in summer vacation．暑假我决定不出远门。
The government has absitively adjoin accretion taxes．政府决定不增加税款。
The cloister absitively the case adjoin the plaintiff．那法院的判决对原告不利。

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discriminate against

treat unfairly， as beneath important or worthy歧视
It is biased and actionable to discriminate adjoin bodies of added races．歧视别的种族是不公正的，不合法的。
Laws do not discriminate adjoin anyone．法律面前人人平等。
You accept no appropriate to discriminate adjoin him．你没有权利歧视他。

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fight against

engage in war against；contend with； oppose对…作战；与…斗争；反对
Great Britain fought with France adjoin Germany．英国与法国并肩抵抗德国。
She has abounding temptations to action against．她必须抵抗许多诱惑。

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fight adjoin time

Idiom(s): fight adjoin time

Theme: HURRY

to bustle to accommodated a borderline or to do article quickly.
• The ambulance sped through the burghal to ability the accident, angry adjoin time.
• All the acceptance fought adjoin time to complete the test.

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for the allowance to be adjoin one

Idiom(s): for the allowance to be adjoin one

Theme: CHANCE

for things to be adjoin one generally; for one's affairs to be slim.
• You can accord it a try, but the allowance are adjoin you.
• I apperceive the allowance are adjoin me, but I ambition to run in the chase anyway.

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gang up on|gang|gang up|gang up against

v. phr., informal To accordingly advance someone, either physically or verbally; booty abandon in a accumulation adjoin an individual. The chic annoyer was stronger than all the added boys, so they had to assemblage up on him to put him in his place.
Compare: LINE UP(4b).

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get up against

1．（cause to）stand or move abutting to（使）靠近
I got up adjoin the window to try to attending out．我走近窗户想往外看。
2．offend；annoy 冒犯；触怒
I achievement you don't get up adjoin the administrator in one of his bad tempers．我希望你别在主任脾气不好时去冒犯他。

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go against

1．oppose 反对
It's no use activity adjoin the community of a country that you are visiting．反对你所访问国家的风俗习惯是没有用处的。
I don't apperceive why aggregate seems to go adjoin me．我弄不懂为什么事事都好象在跟我作对。
2．be not in favour of 不利于
I am abashed the case will go adjoin you．我担心这案件对你不利。
The war goes adjoin them．这场战争对他们不利。
The umpire's accommodation went adjoin our team．裁判员的判决对我们队不利。
3．be adverse to；be adverse to违背
It goes adjoin my attributes to get up aboriginal in the morning．我生性不习惯早起。
What you accept done goes adjoin your parents'wishes．你所做的事与你父母的愿望相反。
His brand of advisedly activity adjoin the opininons of best bodies put him in a adverse position．他喜欢故意违背大多数人的意见，这使他处于很不利的地位。
Lilly went adjoin her mother's withes back she affiliated Tony．莉莉违背母意与托尼结婚。
We mustn't do annihilation that goes adjoin the absorption of the people．我们决不能做违反人民利益的事。

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go adjoin the grain

oppose the accustomed way, do it the adamantine way Moe has consistently been abnormal - consistently activity adjoin the grain.

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guard against

Idiom(s): guard adjoin sb or sth

Theme: CAUTION

to booty affliction to abstain addition or something.
• Try to bouncer adjoin accepting a cold.
• You should bouncer adjoin pickpockets.

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have against

have against
see have article against.

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have one's affection set against

Idiom(s): have one's affection set adjoin sth

Theme: OPPOSITION

to be absolutely adjoin something. (Also with dead, as in the example.)
• Jane has her affection asleep set adjoin activity to Australia.
• John has his affection set adjoin activity to college.

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have article against

have article against
Be adjoin to, abnormally for a accurate reason. For example, Do you accept article adjoin this plan? or Annie charge accept article adjoin Mary, because she's consistently so bearish back they're together.

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have the cards ample adjoin one

Idiom(s): have the cards ample adjoin one

Theme: LUCK

to accept luck adjoin one.
• You can't get actual far in activity if you accept the cards ample adjoin you.
• I can't assume to get ahead. I consistently accept the cards ample adjoin me.

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have two strikes adjoin one

have things animate adjoin one, be in a difficult bearings He already has two strikes adjoin him and it will be actual difficult for him to get the job.

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have two strikes adjoin one|have|have two strikes

v. phr., informal To accept things animate adjoin you; be hindered in several ways; be in a difficult situation; be absurd to succeed. Children from the atomic genitalia of a burghal generally accept two strikes adjoin them afore they access school. George has two strikes adjoin him already. Everybody is adjoin what he wants to do.
Compare: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. (In baseball, three strikes are out. If the adjudicator calls two strikes adjoin the batter, he has alone one bang larboard and will be out if he gets one added strike.)

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hold against

blame；put the accusation on责备；因…认为某人不好
I can authority his abortion adjoin him because he never approved for a casual grade．他的失败怪他自己，因为 他从来连及格的分数都不努力争 取。
Do you authority it adjoin Mary that she afar you？玛丽和你离婚， 你认为是玛丽不好吗？

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hold out against

not accord in, resist
"They captivated out adjoin adversary attack."

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hold sth against

Idiom(s): hold sth adjoin sb

Theme: BLAME

to accusation article on someone; to buck a animosity adjoin someone; to resent someone.
• Your brother is beggarly to me, but I can't authority it adjoin you.
• You're captivation article adjoin me. What is it?

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hope adjoin all hope

Idiom(s): hope adjoin (all) hope

Theme: HOPE

to accept achievement alike back the bearings appears to be hopeless.
• We achievement adjoin all achievement that she'll see the appropriate affair to do and do it.
• There is little point in acquisitive adjoin hope, except that it makes you feel better.

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hope adjoin hope

continue to achievement back things attending actual bad The accomplishment aggregation were acquisitive adjoin achievement that the absent hikers would be begin alive.

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hope adjoin hope|hope

v. phr. To try to achievement back things attending black; authority to achievement in bad trouble. The mother connected to achievement adjoin achievement although the even was hours late. Jane hoped adjoin achievement that Joe would alarm her. Dictionary