against the grain against the tide against the wind all ready all set armed armed and ready at cross-purposes at daggers at daggers drawn at feud at issue at loggerheads at odds at square at strife at variance at war at war with athwart booted and spurred briefed coached cocked complaining contra contrariwise counter cross disputatious disputing dissentient dissenting equipped eyeball-to-eyeball familiarized fractious good and ready groomed in arms in battle array in confrontation in hostile array in opposition in readiness in the saddle informed loaded loaded for bear mature mobilized noncooperative objecting obstructive on the barricades on the mark planned prearranged prepared prepared and ready prepped primed proof against protesting provided psyched up ready ready for anything rebellious recalcitrant refractory reluctant renitent repellent resistant resisting resistive retardant retardative ripe set uncooperative unsubmissive unyielding vigilant well-prepared with crossed bayonets withstanding