go against the tide

go/swim against the tide

to do the opposite of what most other people are doing It's not easy to go against the tide in defence of your principles. (sometimes + of ) He always seemed to be swimming against the tide of public opinion.

See drift with the tide, stem the tide, turn the tide

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liisu	LEE:-soo	Estonian
Sabina	sah-BEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Ancient Roman
Ljerka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Trev	TREV (English)	Welsh, English
Lone	LO-ne	Danish
Norah	['nɔ:rə]