Rub up against the furniture?

擦着家具走动？

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I hadn't expected to rub up against them again.

我本来就没有料到会再次碰上他们。

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You rub up against most interesting people in unlikely places.

你有时在想不到的地方遇到很有趣的人。

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They act as giant petri dishes, where creative types and entrepreneurs rub up against each other, combining and recombining to spark new ideas, new inventions, new businesses and new industries.

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Both for what it says about changing attitudes towards aid in Africa, as well as the more familiar chaffing that occurs when pride, philanthropy, poverty and celebrity rub up against each other.

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But its introduction has contributed to outbreaks of violent conflict between Muslims and Christians, especially evangelicals, in the middle belt of the country where the two communities rub up against each other, in cities like Kaduna and Jos.

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