swim against the current

swim against the current or swim against the stream  {v. phr.}
To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream.
The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream.
Categories: add yours {v. phr.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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