swim against the current

Also, swim against the stream or tide . Go against prevailing opinion or thought, as in I'm voting for him even if that is swimming against the current. Shakespeare used a similar metaphor in 2 Henry IV (5:2): "You must now speak Sir John Falstaff fair, which swims against your stream." For the antonym, see swim with the tide.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LaurenȚIu	low-REN-tsyoo	Romanian
Lydia	LID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German, Finnish)	English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Najden	-	Macedonian
Douglas	DUG-ləs	Scottish, English
Mirela	-	Romanian, Croatian
Nyssa	-	Various