non-conformity IDIOMS

stay/retire into your shell

to put all your attention to your private thoughts

go it alone

to start working on your own, after working with people

on behalf of sb

en representación de alguien

from the cradle to the grave

for all of a person´s life (she lived in the same village from the cradle to the grave)

lone wolf

sb who prefers to be alone

to feel like a square peg in a round hole

sb who doesn´t fit in a particular situation

to be torn between sth (-ing) and sth (-ing)

to find it difficult to choose bet. two possibilities

go with the flow/crowd

to do what other people are doing

fall into line

to behave according to expected standards of behaviour

bring sb into line

to make sb do sth

follow the herd

seguir la manada

peer pressure

presión social

odd/queer fish

sb who is slightly strange or crazy

to switch up sb´s actions

when a person abruptly changes their behaviour and is not longer the same person

push the envelope

to go beyond normal limits

try things that haven´t been acceptable or tried before

stay aloof (from sb)

to not involved with other people/situation. unfriendly, distant

go your own way

to do what you want