英语词汇“kick against the pricks”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

idiomkick against the pricksto show your opposition to people in authority, by doing things that they do not want you to do or arguing with them:Like James Dean, River Phoenix was a young actor who kicked against the pricks.After the meeting I spent ten minutes trying to compose a speech to tell management exactly what I thought of them, but I soon realized that kicking against the pricks would do me no good at all.

kick against the pricks

To resist, protest, or fight against those in positions of authority. Our generation had to live through the Thatcher era—we were defined by kicking against the pricks!

kick against the pricks

mainly BRITISH, LITERARY, OLD-FASHIONED

If you kick against the pricks, you show your opposition to people in authority. He was just an awkward young man kicking against the pricks. Note: This expression occurs in the Bible (Acts 9:5). It refers to cattle kicking out when people try to drive them by jabbing them with sticks.

kick against the pricks

hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest.

In the Bible, on the road to Damascus Saul heard the words: ‘It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks’ (Acts 9:5). The image is that of an ox or other beast of burden fruitlessly kicking out when it is pricked by a goad or spur.

ˌkick against the ˈpricks

harm yourself by protesting when it is useless to do so: People in prison learn very quickly not to kick against the pricks. If they complain, the prison officers make their lives very difficult.This idiom comes from the Bible and refers to the fact that an animal such as an ox may kick when it is pricked (= pushed with a stick) to make it move, but will still have to move.

词汇	kick against the pricks
释义	Idiom kick against the pricks British & Australian, literary to fight against people in authority. People in this country tend to follow rather than lead. It takes courage to kick against the pricks. idiomkick against the pricksto show your opposition to people in authority, by doing things that they do not want you to do or arguing with them:Like James Dean, River Phoenix was a young actor who kicked against the pricks.After the meeting I spent ten minutes trying to compose a speech to tell management exactly what I thought of them, but I soon realized that kicking against the pricks would do me no good at all. kick against the pricks To resist, protest, or fight against those in positions of authority. Our generation had to live through the Thatcher era—we were defined by kicking against the pricks! kick against the pricks mainly BRITISH, LITERARY, OLD-FASHIONED If you kick against the pricks, you show your opposition to people in authority. He was just an awkward young man kicking against the pricks. Note: This expression occurs in the Bible (Acts 9:5). It refers to cattle kicking out when people try to drive them by jabbing them with sticks. kick against the pricks hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest. In the Bible, on the road to Damascus Saul heard the words: ‘It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks’ (Acts 9:5). The image is that of an ox or other beast of burden fruitlessly kicking out when it is pricked by a goad or spur. ˌkick against the ˈpricks harm yourself by protesting when it is useless to do so: People in prison learn very quickly not to kick against the pricks. If they complain, the prison officers make their lives very difficult.This idiom comes from the Bible and refers to the fact that an animal such as an ox may kick when it is pricked (= pushed with a stick) to make it move, but will still have to move.
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