against the grain

Almost against the current grain, they've taken the time to work out what they want to say.

Mark made a great move against the grain to get open.

It just seemed to me the two things went against each other's grain, if you see what I mean.

It goes against my grain to stand by and do nothing.

However it goes against the grain to tell them anything.

It went against the grain to have to begin again from the beginning after all the time they had been together.

No one is asked to write against the little grain they've got.

That goes right against the grain of what everybody else is trying to do.

Not to welcome him, on the other hand, goes against the grain.

But I like anything that sort of goes against the grain.