It goes against the grain to work on weekends.
go against the grain
idiomTo defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
He prefers to go against the grain by choosing a career that his family does not approve of.
Although the industry standard demanded strict conformity, the artist chose to go against the grain, ultimately redefining the aesthetic expectations of his peers.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.