"wider den Stachel löcken" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_text": "From Acts of the Apostles, verse 26:14, where it is used of Saul / Paul defying Christ. The figure of speech originally referred to insubordinate draught animals.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "löckt wider den Stachel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "löckte wider den Stachel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wider den Stachel gelöckt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wider_den_Stachel_löcken"
      },
      "expansion": "wider den Stachel löcken (weak, third-person singular present löckt wider den Stachel, past tense löckte wider den Stachel, past participle wider den Stachel gelöckt, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "de:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kick against the pricks (resist what is stronger than one, e.g. fate, authority, the majority)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wider_den_Stachel_löcken-de-verb-e-NcjF9A",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "kick against the pricks",
          "kick against the pricks"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "biblical or dated higher register",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical or dated higher register) to kick against the pricks (resist what is stronger than one, e.g. fate, authority, the majority)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Acts of the Apostles",
        "Paul the Apostle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wider den Stachel löcken"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Acts of the Apostles, verse 26:14, where it is used of Saul / Paul defying Christ. The figure of speech originally referred to insubordinate draught animals.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "löckt wider den Stachel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "löckte wider den Stachel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wider den Stachel gelöckt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wider_den_Stachel_löcken"
      },
      "expansion": "wider den Stachel löcken (weak, third-person singular present löckt wider den Stachel, past tense löckte wider den Stachel, past participle wider den Stachel gelöckt, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German higher register terms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kick against the pricks (resist what is stronger than one, e.g. fate, authority, the majority)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "kick against the pricks",
          "kick against the pricks"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "biblical or dated higher register",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical or dated higher register) to kick against the pricks (resist what is stronger than one, e.g. fate, authority, the majority)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Acts of the Apostles",
        "Paul the Apostle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wider den Stachel löcken"
}