long row to hoe

long row to hoe
A difficult or arduous task.

Raising three kids by himself is going to be a long row to hoe.


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  • long row to hoe —    A difficult task, assignment or undertaking that will take a long time isa long row to hoe.     Getting through medical school is going to be a long row to hoe …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • a long row to hoe — Something that is a long row to hoe is a difficult task that takes a long time …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • long row to hoe — difficult task …   English contemporary dictionary

  • a row to hoe — phrasal : a task to accomplish usually used with a modifying adjective have had a hard row to hoe Coast Artillery Journal I d like to be a surgeon, but it s a long row to hoe Sat. Eve. Post …   Useful english dictionary

  • row — 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 …   English World dictionary

  • hard, long, or tough row to hoe — idi hard, long, or tough row to hoe, an extremely difficult set of circumstances to contend with …   From formal English to slang

  • row — 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… …   Universalium

  • row — I. /roʊ / (say roh) noun 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line. 2. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theatre. 3. a street, especially a narrow one, formed by two continuous lines of… …  

  • row — 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… …   English dictionary

  • hoe — [[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… …   English dictionary

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