swim with the tide
Go along with prevailing opinion or thought, as in Irene doesn't have a mind of her own; she just swims with the tide. In the late 1600s this idiom was also put as swim down the stream, a usage not much heard today. The present form was first recorded in 1712. For the antonym, see swim against the current.
Words nearby swim with the tide
swim,
swim against the current,
swim bladder,
swim fin,
swim mask,
swim with the tide,
swimfeeder,
swimmer's ear,
swimmer's itch,
swimmeret,
swimmers