kick against the pricks

(British & Australian literary)

to fight against people in authority People in this country tend to follow rather than lead. It takes courage to kick against the pricks.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olivie	o-lee-VEE (French)	French, Czech
Aruzhan	-	Kazakh
Vester	-	Danish
Ivor	IE-vawr (English), EE-vawr (English)	Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Ariadne	[.æri'ædni]
Melika	-	Hawaiian