2018年2月27日 星期二

against the grain 反常合道 (彭淮棟)


在2018年2月24日的『懷念彭淮棟 (1953~2018)先生 —友情』討論會,
我們特別談淮棟在翻譯上的用心:
《論晚期風格:反常合道的音樂與文學》(On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain by Edward Said)
麥田,2010



HC2k7英語學習Blog, etc, etc:

against [or contrary to] the [or one's] grain
  • 気質[性分,性向]に反して[合わないで]



2016.10.9
Federal Official at Center of the Health Care Tumult Has Gone Against the Grain

By ROBERT PEAR

Gary M. Cohen, who oversees the health exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act, has been a punching bag for Republicans and has been chided even by some Democrats.

against the grain

contrary to the natural inclination or feeling of someone or something:it goes against the grain to tell outright lies
[from the fact that wood is easier to cut along the line of the grain]


Not using recycled paper goes against the grain


01/19/2008

2007.9.29
go against the grain
If something goes against the grain, you would not usually do it because it would be unusual or morally wrong:
These days it goes against the grain to show respect for authority.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

A report by The New York Times that Warren E. Buffett is in talks to buy as much as 20 percent of Bear Stearns has raised the specter of the investor's 1987 deal to take a 12 percent stake in Salomon Brothers. But TheStreet.com suggested that a Bear investment would go against the grain for Buffett.

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