go against the grain , auch: be against the grain

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.

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.

In some cases, this goes against the local and national grain.

To do this well, you must understand the ways of your people and not go against the grain.

"He said and did some things that obviously go against his personal grain."