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(obsolete) In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain.

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against the hair

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Source Word

against the hair

Prepositional phrase

obsolete

(obsolete) In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain.

Japanese Meaning

（時代遅れの表現）荒々しく、不機嫌な態度で / （時代遅れの表現）本来の性質や流れに反して、常軌を逸した方法で

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She answered against the hair, her words blunt and unpleasant.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は粗っぽく不愉快な態度で答え、言葉はぶっきらぼうで不快だった。

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(obsolete) In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain.

He is the wiser man, master doctor: he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies; if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions.

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