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A house divided
against
itself cannot stand
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A viper in your bosom
Against
the grain
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Against
the law
Against
the odds
Against
your will
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much ( Oscar Wilde quotation )
And adversity makes strange bedfellows
Arch enemy
At daggers drawn
At odds with
Bad blood
Bang your head
against
a brick wall
Bear a grudge
Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge
against
Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Crime
against
nature
Disease has no greater enemy ( Glaxo/Wellcome advertising slogan )
Friend or foe?
Go
against
the grain
Got no time for
Guard
against
Harden your heart
against
He is his own worst enemy
Hope
against
hope
Horlicks guards
against
night starvation ( Horlicks advertising slogan )
I'll not hear a word
against
him
If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it
against
me?
If looks could kill
Ill will
Keep your friends close, keep your
enemies
closer ( proverbial saying )
Kick
against
Kick
against
the pricks
Knock up
against
Know your enemy
More sinned
against
than sinning
My
enemy's
enemy is my friend ( proverb suggesting that opposing parties should cooperate )
On bad terms with
Pit your wits
against
Pitch a shutout ( A baseball expression meaning not allowing an
opponent
any wins )
Play both ends
against
the middle
Protect
against
Public Enemy Number One ( Nickname of John Dillinger )
Public enemy
Race
against
the clock
Race
against
time
Rage
against
the machine
Rage, rage,
against
the dying of the light
Set your face
against
something
Swim
against
the tide
The best is the enemy of the good
The good is the enemy of the best
There's no law
against
it
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an
opponent
by aiming at their head )
Up
against
it
Up
against
the wall
With friends like that who needs enemies?