OPPOSITION
Protestation Objection
Nothing could go more against the grain with me than——
He set his face like flint against——
There is a decided opposition to——
It is one of the counts in the indictment against him that——
He was debarred from——
With strongly divergent opinion
He should be unhorsed
A man who must be discriminated against
It is sheer nonsense to——
The thinness of that kind of argument is seen in——
Hotly contested
His one weapon of defense is——
He made of this fact a telling answer to those who——
It is common to hear deprecations of——
He would have made a more happy effect if——
All this is in direct contradiction to——
Through flinty opposition
Persistently hostile
It has only one defect——it is not true
I differ from him very widely
It is a cry that is raised in the old senseless spiteful way
It is scarcely worth raising our heads to look at
I assure you such is not the case
I think it would be quite inadvisable to do so
It is a convincing demonstration of the fatuity of the notion that——
The latest and most absurd theory is——
Issues which are poles apart in their true significance
I regret to be compelled to join issue with you
The answer will be a firm and decided negative
I have inly resented the——
I must with all respect demur
It is a wooden-headed scheme
It represents everything repugnant to my convictions
I cannot refrain from expressing my regret that——
It is a manifest absurdity
In which case I should remonstrate
I protested in vain
It is very annoying to me
I fervently hope not
A good stout protest
It is out of the question
A decided negative
It is time to protest and to protest vigorously
I won’t hear it without a protest——
It has not even the saving grace of——
He met with stout opposition
He came out squarely against——
He rubbed the cat the wrong way
They will brook no trifling
A point-blank refusal
There is just ground for objection in the fact that——
It is not exactly fitting that——
There could be no greater fallacy
It was the only rift in a perfect lute
Unless they made a fidget about it
The whole plan is repellent
The suggestion arouses in us only moral disgust
Give it the lie
Such an opinion runs counter to the facts
He delivered a frontal attack upon——
It is playing at cross-purposes
Promptly and vigorously disposed of
It is going to get a short shrift
A railing accusation
A storm of protest
Stubborn resistance
In the face of mighty passions and desires
In the teeth of clenched antagonisms
It is time to protest and to protest vigorously
Not under any circumstances
Too heavily handicapped
A disposition in some to resent
A combination of hindrances
Without flinching
An insuperable barrier
I have the greatest aversion to——
He met with a hot welcome
A defiant note