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21row to hoe — As well as being dangerously close to cliche, the phrase is subject to a curious form of transliteration, as here: It could change your life forever a hard enough road to hoe (HQ magazine). As a moments thought should confirm, it would be an… …
22row — row1 [rō] n. [ME rowe < OE ræw, akin to Ger reihe < IE base * rei , to tear, split > RIVE, REAP] 1. a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line 2. any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel …
23a hard (or tough) row to hoe — a difficult task. → row …
24hard\ nut\ to\ crack — • hard nut to crack • tough nut to crack n. phr. informal Something difficult to understand or to do. Tom s algebra lesson was a hard nut to crack. Mary found knitting a hard nut to crack. Compare: hard row to hoe …
25row — row1 /roh/, n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: a row of apple trees. 2. a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row. 3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a… …
26row — I ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE ♦♦♦ rows (Pronounced [[t]ro͟ʊ[/t]] in row 1 and 2, and [[t]ra͟ʊ[/t]] in row 3.) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men… …
27row — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE, HOE ONE S OWN ROW, SKID ROW …
28row — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE, HOE ONE S OWN ROW, SKID ROW …
29row — See: hard row to hoe or tough row to hoe, hoe one s own row, skid row …
30hoe — [[t]ho͟ʊ[/t]] hoes, hoeing, hoed 1) N COUNT A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil. 2) VERB If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the… …
