a contracorriente

Meaning: To act or think in opposition to prevailing opinion, custom, or the natural course of events.

Language: Spanish

Literally: against the current

Category: Nature

Origin: The image is of swimming or sailing upstream against a river's flow—literal resistance to a natural force.

More idioms — Nature

ahogarse en poca agua — to panic or overreact to a minor problem.
salga el sol por donde quiera — It does not matter what happens or what difficulties arise; one will accept whatever come…
ley del hielo — A state of deliberate coldness or refusal to speak to someone as a form of punishment or…
írsele la onda — To lose focus or to forget an important point.
estar entre dos aguas — To be undecided or unable to choose between two options; to sit on the fence.
auf dem Damm — In good health and spirits, recovered from illness or hardship.

romper la baraja — To abandon a game or situation in frustration; to take one's ball and go home.
cachicamo diciéndole a morrocoy conchudo — Calling out someone's faults when the accuser has the very same fault, especially when th…
a todo gañote — At the top of one's voice; very loudly.
fuera de sí — to be in a state of extreme emotion, either elation or distress, such that one loses comp…
curva de la felicidad — excess abdominal fat; a protruding belly caused by overeating or drinking.
armar la de san Quintín — to start a violent fight or brawl; to cause a huge commotion.

To fright a hind is not the way to catch her. — Startling prey destroys the very conditions needed for capture; force alienates what pati…
The hindermost dog may catch the hare. — Even laggards succeed when persistence outlasts the quarry's exhaustion.
Happy is the man that has a hobby. — Pursuing activities purely for pleasure provides fulfillment and emotional wellbeing beyo…