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
Reino	RAY-no	Finnish
Silvanus	sil-VAY-nəs (English)	Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Munira	-	Arabic
Shun (2)	shoon	Japanese
Musa	-	Arabic, Turkish, Persian
Thaddaios	-	Biblical Greek