| 单词 | to have a tough row to hoe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a tough (hard, long, etc.) row to hoe a. Originally U.S. to have a tough (hard, long, etc.) row to hoe: to have a difficult or arduous task to perform. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > have to contend with difficulties to row against the (wind and) tide (also stream, flood, etc.)c1230 to have a tough (hard, long, etc.) row to hoe1810 to spell baker1868 to bat (also play) on a sticky wicket1930 1810 N.-Y. Spectator 24 Mar. 2/4 True, we have a hard row to hoe—'tis plaguy unlucky the feds have taken him up. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 8 You've a darned long row to hoe. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends ix I am afraid Harry Lawrence has a hard row to hoe. 1955 Times 2 Aug. 4/6 The lecturer then set himself a hard row to hoe; the scholarly correction of everything his audience may have been taught at school. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze v. 119 Mountbatten had therefore no easy row to hoe; but he had a definite course to steer: the invasion of France. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 62/3 Women have a God-damned hard row to hoe. 2006 Philadelphia Mar. 12/2 She has the proverbial tough row to hoe, and I hope she can succeed. < as lemmas |
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