Phrase info

kick against the pricks

Speech parts

1. kick against the pricks - Verb

2. kick against the pricks - Phrase

Meaning

(idiomatic) To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded.

(idiomatic, figuratively) To struggle against one's fate. [from 14th c.]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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