kick against the pricks

From LSJ

πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν