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单词 kick against the pricks
释义

kick against the pricks

Hurt oneself by persisting in useless resistance or protest.And it's equally strange how much time you can spend kicking against the pricks, waiting and hoping for things to change - only to find that what you thought you wanted changed was really your safety net....
  • They are still kicking against the pricks for all they are worth but fortunately they have remembered to write some tunes this time around.
  • His conscience was reached: he faced up to the fact that he had been kicking against the pricks.
With biblical allusion to Acts 9:5
See parent entry: prick
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