go against the grain

Verb

 * 1)  To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 顛覆傳統
 * Finnish: olla epätavallinen
 * Polish: iść pod prąd
 * Portuguese: ir contra a corrente (literally: to swim up against the current) OR nadar contra a maré (to swim up against the tide)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: a contracorriente