Примеры употребления для kick against the pricks
1. In fact, Saul, as he was then known, was on a rampage to kill every Christian he could find, when suddenly he was blinded by a bright light and he heard a voice asking, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" When Saul asked who was speaking, the reply came, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest÷ it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (Acts '÷4, 5). When I was growing up, I didn‘t know what "pricks" meant, so I imagined Saul thrashing around in a wild blackberry patch like the one near my house, getting prickers stuck in his skin, just as I did.