against the tide
against the grain, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war, athwart, contra, counter, cross, eyeball to eyeball, in opposition, up in arms ,
unpredicted - abrupt, electrifying, extraordinary, hasty, headlong, impetuous, improbable, impulsive, more than expected, nerve-shattering, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous,
tweak - acute pain, afflict, agonize, ail, bite, bob, boring pain, burn, chafe, clamp, clamping, clamping down, compress, compression, convulse,
unrevengeful - conciliatory, forbearing, forgiving, tolerant ,
reachable - accessible, approachable, attainable, available, obtainable, open, open to, passable, penetrable, possible, within reach ,
wedded to - attached to, crazy about, enamoured, fond of, gone on, hipped on, mad about, nuts about, partial to, smitten, stuck on, sweet on, taken with, wild about, wrapped up in ,
en rapport - accordant, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, answerable, appertaining, associative, at one, attuned, blissful, cheerful,
resting easy - asleep, at rest, breathless, dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, done for, fallen, finished, gone, inanimate, late, late lamented,
flesh and blood - ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, concreteness, connections, corporeality, distaff side, distant relation, embodiment, family,
iron hand - administration, authority, big stick, claws, clutches, command, control, despotism, disposition, domination, domineering, dominion, empire, fascism, governance,
natural colour - cast, colouration, colouring, complexion, hue, key, pallor, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone ,
tweak - acute pain, afflict, agonize, ail, bite, bob, boring pain, burn, chafe, clamp, clamping, clamping down, compress, compression, convulse,
unrevengeful - conciliatory, forbearing, forgiving, tolerant ,
reachable - accessible, approachable, attainable, available, obtainable, open, open to, passable, penetrable, possible, within reach ,
wedded to - attached to, crazy about, enamoured, fond of, gone on, hipped on, mad about, nuts about, partial to, smitten, stuck on, sweet on, taken with, wild about, wrapped up in ,
en rapport - accordant, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, answerable, appertaining, associative, at one, attuned, blissful, cheerful,
resting easy - asleep, at rest, breathless, dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, done for, fallen, finished, gone, inanimate, late, late lamented,
flesh and blood - ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, concreteness, connections, corporeality, distaff side, distant relation, embodiment, family,
iron hand - administration, authority, big stick, claws, clutches, command, control, despotism, disposition, domination, domineering, dominion, empire, fascism, governance,
natural colour - cast, colouration, colouring, complexion, hue, key, pallor, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone ,