dar coces contra el aguijón

Spanish

Verb

dar coces contra el aguijón (first-person singular present doy coces contra el aguijón, first-person singular preterite di coces contra el aguijón, past participle dado coces contra el aguijón)

1. (idiomatic) to kick against the pricks

Further reading

• “dar coces contra el aguijón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28