curr Idioma

swim against the tide/current

do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing.

currant bun

the sun. Cockney rhyming slang

curry-mile

the name given to an area in Manchester called Rusholme, which has a high density of asian restaurants and food takeaways positioned along its main street

curry queen

a gay male who is attracted to asian homosexuals. See dinge queen and scat queen

curry favor

Idiom(s): curry favor (with sb)

Theme: FRIENDS

to try to win favor from someone.
• The lawyer tried to curry favor with the judge.
• It's silly to curry favor, just act yourself.

swim against the current

Idiom(s): swim against the tide AND swim against the current

Theme: OPPOSITION

to do the opposite of everyone else; to go against the trend.
• Bob tends to do what everybody else does. He isn't likely to swim against the tide.
• Mary always swims against the current. She's a very contrary person.

Curry favour

If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ('Curry favor' is the American spelling.)

Short horse soon curried

A convenient and superficial explanation that is normally unconvincing is a short horse soon curried.

curry favor|curry|favor

v. To flatter or serve someone to get his help or friendship. Joe tried to curry favor with the new teacher by doing little services that she didn't really want. Jim tried to curry favor with the new girl by telling her she was the prettiest girl in the class.
Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.

swim against the current|against the current|again

v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream.

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curry favor
Etymology: altered (by assoc. with favor) < ME curraien favel, to flatter, lit., curry the chestnut horse; OFr favel, chestnut horse (taken as symbol of duplicity) < dial. form of OHG falo, pale, akin to OE fealu; see fallow
to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.