swim against the tide/current etcDIFFERENTto do or say things which are different from what most people do or say, because you do not mind being different 反潮流,不随大溜 OPP swim with the tideswim against the tide/current etc• There s no point in you tryin to swim against the tide now, is there?• Light given out by distant galaxies has to swim against the tide of expansion to get to us.
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