| 单词 | to hoe one's own row |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hoe one's own row b. Originally U.S. to hoe one's own row: to do one's own work; to make one's own way without help. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > lack of social communications or relations [verb (intransitive)] to keep quarterc1550 uncompane1589 to have nothing to say to (also with)1603 to live in (also within) oneself1644 to keep oneself to oneself1748 to fight shy1778 to cultivate one's (own) garden1789 to hoe one's own row1832 1832 New-Eng. Mag. Aug. 117 They told him that they were resolved to nullify, and would ‘hoe their own row’ in spite of all the Yankee pedlars in creation. 1841 Knickerbocker 17 362 Our American pretender must, to adopt an agricultural phrase, ‘hoe his own row’..without the aid of protectors or dependents. 1871 in M. Schele De Vere Americanisms 608 Now that I have hoed my own row..they deluge me with congratulations. 1914 T. W. Hanshew Cleek of Scotl. Yard xxvi. 237 ‘Did the father relent, or did he invite the pair of them to clear out and hoe their own row in future?’ ‘He..simply ignored their existence.’ 2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 10 Feb. 46 I am not a great believer in ‘rights’, except to education and health care; we hoe our own row. < as lemmas |
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