Free TOEFL Writing Lesson: TIPS System - Idiom - "swimming against the tide"

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IDIOM:

"swimming against the tide"


Meaning: to do things the opposite of what most people would do 

Example: There's no point in swimming against the tide, it only makes a person tired.


Q. When people move to another country, some of them decide to follow the customs of the new country. Others prefer to keep their own customs. Compare these two choices. Which one do you prefer? Support your answer with specific details.



When making a major life change like moving to a new country, we have to strike a balance between giving up the old and integrating with the new. There's no point in swimming against the tide, it only makes a person tired.



Your Turn! Answer the questions, using the idiom:


1. Have you ever felt like you were swimming against the tide?
2. What are the good and bad points to swimming against the tide?
3. What's a well-known example of someone swimming against the tide?

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