Against the grain

when arguing with a chicken a grain of corn is always wrong

Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole

You have to take it with a grain of salt. The only way you can be happy with being in first place if you're there after 18 games.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

The grain does move on you. It is like quicksand,